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| | + | Re Hamas<ref>[https://israel-alma.org/2014/07/29/from-collateral-damage-to-human-shields-why-are-there-so-many-casualties-on-the-palestinian-side/ From Collateral Damage to Human Shields: Why There Are So Many Casualties on the Palestinian Side], Sarit Zehavi, Alma Israel, July 29, 2014.</ref> |
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| | + | Hamas, the terrorist organization that controls the Gaza Strip since it defeated Fatah in elections and expelled its members by killing about 500 of them, between the years 2006 and 2007, learned from Hezbollah how to achieve gains on the conflict against the “Zionist enemy”. Hamas has adopted Hezbollah modus operandi using civilians as “human shields”. Few years ago the IDF published how it looks in the Shiite village of Al-Khiyam in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has placed the weapon depots dozen meters from schools in the crowded center of the village. Over the years, Hamas enjoyed wide assistance of training and consultancy from Hezbollah and applied the same methodology in Gaza. An underground, well concreted City was dug in Gaza, Where Hamas militants were hiding, while a single shelter was not built for the citizens. Gaza villages, as in Southern Lebanon, became military compounds including armories, headquarters, intelligence positions, rocket launching positions, etc. All these were spread throughout the village according to the terrain analysis: observation posts on high positions controlling the roads below, important assets such as command centers and weapons warehouses in the most crowded or sensitive sites such as hospitals, schools and mosques. During an escalation, rockets are being launched from the hidden positions that were dug in advance – within or under homes, schools, mosques and various religious centers. For example, the attached video shows rockets launched last week from the “Al-Noor” school in the Gaza Strip.</blockquote> |
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| | [[NATO]] has documented Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza.<ref>[https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/hybrid-threats-hamas-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza/87 Hybrid Threats: Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza] StratCom | NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Riga, Latvia. | | [[NATO]] has documented Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza.<ref>[https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/hybrid-threats-hamas-use-of-human-shields-in-gaza/87 Hybrid Threats: Hamas’ use of human shields in Gaza] StratCom | NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Riga, Latvia. |
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| | <blockquote>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 [https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools schools], [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1620882686-hamas-rocket-fired-from-gaza-hits-apartment-building-in-petah-tikva apartment buildings], [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/ offices], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/31/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools mosques] and [https://www.timesofisrael.com/finnish-tv-rockets-fired-from-gaza-hospital/ hospitals]. | | <blockquote>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 [https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools schools], [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1620882686-hamas-rocket-fired-from-gaza-hits-apartment-building-in-petah-tikva apartment buildings], [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/ offices], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/31/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools mosques] and [https://www.timesofisrael.com/finnish-tv-rockets-fired-from-gaza-hospital/ hospitals]. |
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