Human shields by terrorists

The tactic of using human shields is very early, many have used human shields. The 'uniquness' of terrorists is by using its own people.

Among docunented noted terror entities using this method:

• Taliban
• ISIS
• Al Qaeda
• Houthis (Iranian proxy)
• Hezbollah (Iranian proxy)

• Hamas Pakistani and Iranian trained.

Palestine: 1939

Already in 1939, Yusuf Sa'id Abu Durra (1900 – 1940 - nom de guerre: Abu Abed), of Mohammed Amin Al-Husseini grand Mufti of a Jerusalem's terror gang, used women to escape.

Anti-Israel forces

The use of its civilians (in attacking Israeli civilians - the double crime) by anti-Israel Arab-"Palestinians" or Hezbollah goes back to at least 1982, by Arafat at PLO.

It has unfortunately caused many deaths while "successfully" duped the media or/and many reporters have played along.

Most widespread, by Islamic Jihad and Hamas. Even by own admission.

Among its usage:

• Schools.

• Hospitals.
• Private homes.
• Places of worship.
• Ambulances.
• UN vehicles.
• Media outlets.

NATO has documented Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza.

Dubbed the 'dead baby strategy.'

Hamas' human shields has been widely noted by international journalists, and has even threatened journalists reporting about it.

Already in 2008, Hamas openly bragged about the use of women and children as shields.

In 2014 it called on the "Palestinian" people to use the tactic to defend their homes: "We in the Hamas movement call on our people to adopt this procedure."

In June, 2021, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar himself admitted that the terrorist group hides in civilian buildings in Gaza.

As summarised,

Certain facts are irrefutable. The terrorists are motivated by hatred and aim to wound or kill innocent women, men and children. Israel, by contrast, is motivated by the legal and moral imperative to protect and preserve life, and is always entirely justified in acting in its own self-defense...It is impossible to obtain reliable data on civilian casualties in Gaza. Data that is provided to and reported by the media come from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. What we do know — what is proven — is that Hamas commits war crimes by using Palestinians as human shields. No place in Gaza is safe from Hamas. Rockets, mortars, rifles and missiles are stored or fired from schools, apartment buildings, offices, mosques and hospitals.

Anti-Israel Islamist terrorists see their methods, firing from residential places, schools, etc. as a win win situation. In case they save themselves and their weaponry, of course they then can keep on the assault on Israeli civilians. If many civilians on its own side die, then Israel's image is even more in shambles and graphic photos are most powerful in bringing sympathy and even recruitment.

Among the famous dates:

• Dec.2000 letter by Arab women on use of kids as "cannon fodders";

• the letter by US doctors;

• the firing behind children stone throwers at intifada;

• 2000-2002 increased use;

• at IDF eliminating Jihadists in Jenin-2002 - which is why the IDF went door to door;

• 2006 Beit-Hanoun widely reported internationally of using women and terrorists did escaped;

• 2002-2006 use of ambulances;

• 2008-2009 including on air real time Arab journalist reporting rockets fired from beneath;

• In 2008, Hamas' Fathi Hanmad stated that they have been using women and children.

Hamas explains use of human shields: "We desire death as you desire life;"

• In 2008, Fatah men accused Hamas of forcing them to act as human shields;

• In 2014, Hamas' Sami Abu Zuhri called on the Palestinian people to use the tactic to defend their homes: "We in the Hamas movement call on our people to adopt this procedure;"

• 2014, UN admitting its UNRWA was used;

• July-2014 widely array of international journalists report of firing from civilian population and Hamas threatens;

• M. Friedman of AP reports (in 2014) how Hamas uses and even controls journalists;

• Hamas firing from besides offices of AP journalists; 2017-2021;

• In 2018 Hamas' Sinwar: "We Decided To Turn The Bodies Of Our Women And Children Into A Dam Blocking Arab Collapse;"

• In 2021 IDF aborting operations as kids were around;
• rocket launchers found near school.
• terror tunnels beneath schools - UNRWA acknowledges;
• in June-2021 Hamas' Sinwar admitting to the operations located in residential places.

Or Hezbollah use - most notably:

• using Christian villages
• and UN recognized the fact in 2001
• and in 2006
• also by foreign journalist in 2006
• and the wide report of using civilians in 2018-19.

Experts:

Hamas has established an orderly paramilitary framework with brigades, battalions, companies, and platoons as well as dedicated units, including intelligence, commando and cyber units. Its arsenal includes thousands of rockets and missiles at their disposal, as well as dozens of kilometers of tunnels often built underneath highly-sensitive areas in the Gaza Strip such as hospitals. Rockets have even been found underneath UNRWA schools...

Moral and legal justifications that were developed after World War II for declaring and waging wars (specifically the Hague and Geneva Convention) were meant for sovereign states. They are not appropriate for waging wars fought against terrorist organizations like Hamas. This puts Israel at a significant disadvantage to effectively defend itself and its citizens.

In the current campaign between Israel and Hamas, the front and home front are blurred together. Hamas forces civilians in the Gaza Strip and Israel to be on the front lines. Hamas deliberately uses Palestinian civilians as human shields, since the terrorists are launching rockets and missiles from heavily-populated areas towards Israeli cities. Israel on the other hand, is trying to save innocent lives by always notifying Palestinian civilians in the building that is going to be targeted. The IDF does this by sending leaflets, making phone calls, using “knock on the roof” tactics and more.

In the course of the years, the IDF has developed and constantly improved methods, tools to minimze civilian casualties on the other side, including notifying owners of properties ahead of an operation so that civilians can evacuate and more precision guided weapons to hit more accurately at the target. Yet, nothing can ever be 100% a 100% of the times. Plus, the dilemmna is great, sacrificing in not eliminating terror targets such as arsenal, tunnels and operatives who cynically use its people.

As explained in a piece "The Media’s Role in Hamas' War Strategy":

Hamas’ PR strategy can only work if international news media follows the script, whether willingly or under coercion...

According to its critics, Hamas' war strategy works like this:

1. Episodically attack Israel’s civilians in such as way as to provoke a counter-attack.

2. Hide behind Palestinian civilians (preferably in crowded neighborhoods, schools, and hospitals), while encouraging them, even forcing them, to stay, guaranteeing that the return fire wounds or kills civilians and damages civilian structures.

3. Encourage the Western news media to play up the civilian suffering, play down Hamas’ role in it, and accuse Israel.

4. Conjure a firestorm of outrage around the world that eventually pressures Israel into desisting from counteroffensive measures.

5. Survive to reap the propaganda victory and prepare the next round of hostilities.

6. Repeat, with each exchange hurting Israel more, and each round of international news coverage further savaging the Jewish State’s international reputation.

No matter what the Israeli response, the Hamas strategy is win-win. If the Israelis abort a strike to avoid civilian casualties (as they often do), then Hamas is spared the blow; if an Israeli strike causes civilian casualties, Hamas has dead babies to parade before the cameras. And eventually, the bloodletting will get so bad, the pictures so damning, that Israel will stop. Hamas’ endgame goals, at least at this stage of its asymmetrical war, are actually threefold: tie Israel down with constraints on its use of power, delegitimize and demonize it in the eyes of the world, and stir an aggressive “Muslim Street” in the West, where genocidal chants can lead to pogroms against the Jews worldwide.

Despite a pair of pro-Terror radical "activists" [[[File:949 a.jpg]] one, a former al-Jazeera guy, caught lying already before, another one (Neve Gordon), extremist, hugging, shielding Arafat in the Mheight of 2002 Intifadah massacres, lying as if he "doesn't" know who is responsible for the terror massacres, accused of inciting anti-Semitism in Arab press by invoking old libels, described as kind of a fascist type, and who has been chastising, punishing his students for daring to challenge him on his distortion, inciting vengeful treatment against a student who dared challenged his gross lie of his defining a road of all Israelis, Israelis-roads, both Arab and Jewish, as supposedly "just" Jewish. Thus inciting hatred.] "book" promoted by two known hateful over-a-decade-propagandists on wiki. Yet, facts are facts.

It has been pointed out, one might imagine, what would have happened, if Israel would, even once, albeit not go as far as to behave like its Arab Palestinian or Hezbollah side that actively aim at civilians while using its own, but with its mighty weapons just haden't gone to great length ['roof knocking', developing precision 'Iron Sting' for precision preventing collateral damage various nethods] to minimize civilians from adversary territories.

It has been said: 'How the Vicious Cycle of Arab "Palestinian" or Hezbollah - Bringing About Dead Kids Can Be Diminished':

Fight the death cult! Save lives!

The vicious cycle is ever repeating. Palestinian or Hezbollah attack Israeli civilians, Israel goes after the operatives and their tools.. it tries to avoid hitting non combatants, not always successful, as the only party interested in 'dead babies' are exactly those who make sure it happens. Each and every time. As it is mostly tough, technically, to show a clear photo where exactly the Hamas, Hezbollah or P.I.Jihad guy was standing prior to being eliminated, or the place how it served the terrorists. But a 'dead' or and any bloodied body, is always powerful prey by those bloodthirsty leaders. It's the greatest recruitment plus the demonization of Israel. It shocks, it enrages. It's what they 'live' off, literally. Financially too. What if leading media outlets, especially TV stations would stop showing graphic photos? Try it. You will see a drop in Arab dead bodies. Of course it's nearly impossible, unless Hamas's friends, the Qataris Al Jazeera for example would be embarrassed facing a collective western media blackout.

We are not talking about avoiding reporting the news. But a specific temporary ban on shocking images.

As Arab-Palestinian long time human rights activist (previously working at Betselem, before it became a total anti-Israel unreliable source of sheer propaganda) asserted:

“The main difference between Israel and Hamas: Israel is using missiles to protect its people while Hamas is using its people to protect its rockets,” Eid told The Algemeiner. “Hamas does not care where these missiles land.”

Eid estimates based on his own Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip that more than 50 Palestinians died because of errant rockets by the Hamas that were targeted towards Israel but which landed in Gaza. According to the Israeli army, about 4,340 rockets were fired by Hamas toward Israel during the 11 days of hostilities, with 640 of them falling within Gaza.

Even biased NPR in its anti-Israel reporting piece (re op. Guardian of Walls) cited the fact: ...In Gaza City, fully intact buildings stood right next to where others had been flattened. One building looked like a layer cake, with one story stacked on top of the other. The nature routine and nethods, precision fighting the human shields of its enemies.

As in a nutshell, the classic example [May, 2021] described the situation:

The IDF, attempting to warn about an impending strike, pleading for the Arab man in Gaza to evacuate the building before the bombing because civilians are present. This is the conversation that took place:

- "I can’t get all of the people out I need at least two hours to get them out," the Palestinian says. 

- "Listen, we are going to bomb the building," the member of the IDF replies. 

- "You want to bomb? Bomb whatever you want," the man responds. 

- "No, brother, we need to do everything we can so you don’t die,” the IDF member says.

- "We want to die," the Palestinian answers. 

- "But you have a responsibility for children’s lives," the Israeli pushes back. 

- "If the children need to die then they’ll die," the Palestinian counters. 

- "God forbid, God forbid, what do you want, to die?!" the soldier asks. 

- "This is how we reveal your cruelty," the man responds.Sky News Arabic video showing a conversation between a Gaza Palestinian and an IDF soldier.

Action

In 2014, a resolution was introduced in the House condemning Hamas and other terror organizations.

In 2018, the US Senate passed bill sanctioning Hamas, Hezbollah 'human shields' practice.

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  Palestinian Terrorists Use UN Ambulance (Reuters)clip

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  Hamas uses kids as human shields

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  Hamas uses civilians as human shields (clip)

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  Broadcaster, live, reacts to Hamas rocket just fired from below

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  Hamas' Hamnad: "We used women and children as human shields"Hamas explains use of human shields: "We desire death as you desire life."clip)

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  Hamas' Sinwar: "We Decided To Turn The Bodies Of Our Women And Children Into A Dam Blocking Arab Collapse"

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  Sami Abu Zuhri calls on the Palestinian people to use the tactic to defend their homes: "We in the Hamas movement call on our people to adopt this procedure."

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  Announcement from the ("Palestinian") ministry of the interior to the residents of the Gaza Strip, telling them not to pay attention to IDF announcements about vacating their homes'.

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  Hamas rocket launching pad near homes

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  Hamas fires Grad missiles from schools and mosques

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  Hamas' Sinwar admits to placing its armed operations at civilian population

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  Hamas terror tunnel beneath UN school

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  IDF Pilot Aborting Air Strike After Spotting Children in Target Area in Gaza (during op. 'Guardian of Walls,' May/21)

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  "Palestinian" Tells Israeli Soldier ‘If Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’ (during op. 'Guardian of Walls' May/21)

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