Overview of hamas use of human shields

Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz is prepared to make a personal appearance in court to defend the practice, ministry officials added.

Human rights groups have frequently condemned the use of human shields.

The Israeli military believes that the use of Palestinian civilians can often defuse a tense situation.

Israel has frequently forced Palestinians to knock on houses they suspect are booby-trapped or that have gunmen in them. This is a literal use of human shields that makes their frequent justification of their collateral damage due to "human shields" that much more cynical.

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Israel has frequently forced Palestinians to knock on houses they suspect are booby-trapped or that have gunmen in them. This is a literal use of human shields that makes their frequent justification of their collateral damage due to "human shields" that much more cynical.

Don't you have to ask yourself why the Israelis would even bother in such situations? I mean, wouldn't Uncle Adolf (or anybody else for that matter) simply flatten the house with a bomb or artillery round?

I mean that sounds a hell of a lot like Israelis trying to get at terrorists while sparing any innocents who might be in the house when they could easily serve their own minimal needs by simply killing EVERYBODY in the house.

Comparing that to hamas' tactics is clearly brain-dead.

So you can pretend it didn't happen if you want to, but the IDF fought to keep the practice and the Israeli supreme court forbade them from doing so.