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[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bruh it’s happened so much there’s an Israeli High Court case that specifically forbids the practice. Hasn’t prevented the practice, there are multiple documented instances, from different conflicts, that the Jewish group B’Tslem has a white paper on just the subject of IDF using human shields:

…soldiers have ordered Palestinians to:

-enter buildings to check if they are booby-trapped, or to remove the occupants

-remove suspicious objects from roads used by the army

-stand inside houses where soldiers have set up military positions, so that Palestinians will not fire at the soldiers

-walk in front of soldiers to shield them from gunfire, while the soldiers hold a gun behind their backs and sometimes fire over their shoulders.

The soldiers in the field did not initiate this practice; rather, the use of human shields is an integral part of the orders they receive.

[–] ninthant@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am not saying that Israel and the IDF have not used human shields. They absolutely do and you’re 100% correct to condemn this. And I join you in this condemnation.

What am also saying is that people should stop lying in order to defend Hamas. Because you can condemn the govt of Israel without doing that. And the condemnation is more compelling when it’s not accompanied with lies of convenience.

Your comment here being a good example of how that’s done properly. Everything you said is true and it paints a damning picture that is impossible to argue against.

[–] nomotaaabik@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Listen idiot, Gaza is the size of Manhattan with the same density. Israel can blow your entire neighborhood simply because they suspect a hamas goon will be there. They're using "human shield" simply by being alive and not standing on a hill so they can conveniently be killed.