The Israeli government has tried to defend its indiscriminate killing of civilians by claiming resistance fighters hide among the people, when actually there is no safe place in Gaza. We have documented that Israeli forces have used Palestinian civilians as shields. This is not the first time.
Maghazi area of the Gaza Strip on 7 August/Photo: Rina Andolini, ISM
11 August 2014 | Euromid Observer for Human Rights | AIC, Beit SahourThe Israeli military uses Palestinian civilians as human shields, a new report from the Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights soon will reveal. An investigative team from the non-governmental organization, based in both Geneva and the Gaza Strip, has obtained first-person testimony from several families in various locations describing their capture and use as “shields” for Israeli soldiers for hours at a time.
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