The soldier revealed that the Israeli Military Police are investigating just a few cases to give the impression that the practice is rare
‘We are holding slaves’: Israeli soldier reveals systematic use of Palestinian ‘human shields’ in Gaza
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In Gaza, Israel carrying out ‘fastest starvation campaign in modern history’: Gaza in limbo Day 12
Israel accused of starvation, genocidal acts, sexual violence, use of human shields in Gaza; Trump admin blamed for intimidation, waffling, hijacking civil rights
Israeli soldiers used an 80-year-old Gazan as a human shield. Then they killed him.
Israeli soldiers put an explosive cord around a elderly man’s neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours as a human shield. After his release, another division shot him dead.
Israel continues to pummel what little is left of Gaza’s medical sector –Day 426
At Israel’s hands, Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza sees medical staff killed, ambulance destroyed, neighbors massacred, displaced Palestinians used as human shields, patients unable to get care; West Bank death; Lebanon ceasefire violations; how smear campaigns follow Palestine supporters
U.S. Media’s Doublespeak: Israelis Live in “Densely Populated Areas,” Palestinians Are “Human Shields”
The Western media’s double standards when it comes to Israel and Palestine are hardly new. The discourse around “human shields” — or the failure to use the term — is an example of hypocrisy pushed to the extreme, by letting Israel deflect the blame for mass civilian deaths.
Biden can’t say no to Israel, in spite of its flagrant violations of int’l law – Day 375
Israel regularly uses Palestinians as human shields; Gaza, Lebanon under attack; Biden sends stealth fighters to bomb Yemen w/o Congress’ ok; Biden envoy: Israel gets whatever it wants; Palestinian kids under admin detention way up; German politicians who support genocide; Israeli conference on resettling Gaza
Northern Gaza has become a killing field – Day 367
Humanitarian catastrophe in northern Gaza amid violent ethnic cleansing and ecocide; update on little Hind Rajab; Israel is using human shields (again); US has spent nearly $23 billion on Israel’s genocide; US considers attacking Iran in tandem with Israel; more.
Jenin under deadly siege, as Gaza war appears to engulf West Bank – Day 329
Dozens of Palestinians dead across West Bank, especially Jenin; extensive damage to infrastructure, healthcare facilities; Israel uses young girl as human shield; father of seven dies in Israeli custody; Hebron heating up; hostage corpses recovered; State of Palestine gets a seat at UN General Assembly
When a phone flashlight is as important to a doctor as her stethoscope – Day 322
Fuel shortage plunges hospital into darkness; Deir al Balah, last “intact” city, faces mass evacuation; Israeli soldiers film themselves destroying mosque, burning Qurans; displacement leads to missing food aid distribution; little chance of polio vaccinations without ceasefire; Israeli forces use Palestinian as human shield; DNC banned speech – in full; Squad warns of AIPAC’s power; more
Gazans used as human shields, subjected to cruel new types of torture – Day 268
Israel’s inhumane practices toward Gazan prisoners & civilians; hospitals about to shut down for lack of fuel; such Israeli restrictions long predate Oct. 7- see this 2006 video; Ben-Gvir calls for Palestinian prisoners to be starved, then shot in the head; new racist bill making its way through Israeli legislature; female prisoners mistreated; West Bank assassination; more.