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Use of human shields by terrorists

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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[1][2] using this method:

Anti-Israel forces

The use of its civilians (in attacking Israeli civilians - the double crime[19]) by anti-Israel Arab-"Palestinians" or Hezbollah goes back to at least 1982, by Arafat at PLO.[20][21][22][23]


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.[24] [25] Even by own admission.[26]


Among its usage:

  • Hospitals.[28]
  • Private homes.
  • Places of worship.
  • Ambulances[29]

[30][31]


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; 2001; 2002 at IDF eliminating Jihadists; Jenin-2002 - which is why the IDF went door to door; 2006 Beit-Hanoun; 2008-2009; 2014 war with UN admitting its UNRWA was used; 2017-2021, or Hezbollah use (most notably using Christian villages and UN in 2006 and civilians in 2018-19.


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":[34]

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" [one a former al-Jazeera guy, caught lying already before,[35] another one (Neve Gordon) hugging Arafat in the Middle of 2002 Intifadah massacres and chastising, punishing his students for daring to challenge him on his distortion[36]] "book" promoted by two known hateful over-a-decade-propagandists[37] 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',[38] developing precision 'Iron Sting' for precision preventing collateral damage[39] various nethods[40][41]] 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':[42]

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.

Even biased NPR in its anti-Israel reporting piece 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.[43] 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.[44][45][46][47]

Action

In 2014, a resolution was introduced in the House condemning Hamas and other terror organizations.[48]


 
Palestinian Terrorists Use UN Ambulance (Reuters)clip
 
Hamas uses kids as human shields
 
Hamas uses civilians as human shields (clip)


 
Hamas explains use of human shields: "We desire death as you desire life."clip)
 
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."
 
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'.
 
Hamas fires Grad missiles from schools and mosques
 
IDF Pilot Aborting Air Strike After Spotting Children in Target Area in Gaza (during op. 'Guardian of Walls,' May/21
 
"Palestinian" Tells Israeli Soldier ‘If Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’ (during op. 'Guardian of Walls' May/21)


 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 




References

  1. ↑ Orde Kittrie, 'Time to Act on Human Shields.' FDD, October 15, 2020. https://www.fdd.org/2020/10/15/time-to-act-on-human-shields/#easy-footnote-bottom-39-111635
  2. ↑ Orde Kittrie: "Help NATO by Holding Hamas Accountable for Terrorist War Crimes." May 19, 2021. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/help-nato-holding-hamas-accountable-terrorist-war-crimes-185581
  3. ↑ 'Taliban using human shields, says Afghan army general.' The Guardian, Feb 17, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/17/taliban-human-shields
  4. ↑ Civilians say Taliban use of human shields shows weakness, cruelty.' Dec. 12, 2018. https://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2018/12/12/feature-02
  5. ↑ Islamic State use of human shields slows final assault on ISIS . ABC News, Mar 4, 2019. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/islamic-state-human-shields-slows-final-assault-isis/story?id=61456501 The final assault on the last Islamic State enclave in Syria has slowed down after the discovery that ISIS was using civilians as human shields.
  6. ↑ 'ISIS Using Mosul Civilians as Human Shields Amid Offensive.' Time, Mar 30, 2017. https://time.com/4717319/mosul-iraq-offensive-civilians-human-shields/
  7. ↑ Mark Hollingsworth, Sandy Mitchell, 'Saudi Babylon: Torture, Corruption and Cover-Up Inside the House of Saud,' Random House, 2010
  8. ↑ Pakistan Horizon. Volume 63, Issue 1, 2010, p. 104
  9. ↑ 'Yemeni Govt Says Houthis Are Using Civilians as Human Shields."?' Asharq Al Awsat, Feb.10.2021
  10. ↑ 'Exclusive: U.N. report on Yemen says Houthis used human shields, Islamic State got cash.' Michelle Nichols. Reuters, Aug 4, 2016. https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN10F28B
  11. ↑ DEBKAfile Exclusive: Hizballah sub-contracts Palestinian launch squads, uses Christian villages as human shields.July 19, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060719180552/http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2926
  12. ↑ Canadian Soldier Says UN Position Used As Cover By Hezbollah. July 26, 2006. Ryan R. Jones. All Headline News Correspondent. http://web.archive.org/web/20060822035411/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004343191
  13. ↑ UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON (UNIFIL) . Naqoura, 20 July 2006 PRESS RELEASE ... Hezbollah firing was also reported from the immediate vicinity of the UN positions in Naqoura and Maroun Al Ras areas at the time of the incidents. http://web.archive.org/web/20061203030252/http://www.un.org/depts/dpko/missions/unifil/pr04.pdf
  14. ↑ 'On the target: Hezbollah's "human defenders" in Lebanon.' Israel Hayom, Jan 6, 2019. Hezbollah in Lebanon // Photo: Reuters. An open secret is that Hezbollah stores weapons in civilian buildings in southern Lebanon, thus creating a human shield against activity. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/interactive/amp/article/622059
  15. ↑ 'US Congress Urges UN to Crack Down on Lebanon's Hizbullah.' The Media Line, Nov 25, 2019. https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/us-congress-urges-un-to-crack-down-on-lebanons-hizbullah/
  16. ↑ Hollie McKay: "28 Hezbollah missile launch sites detected in civilian areas, highlighting its 'human shield' tactic in Lebanon." Fox News - Last Update July 14, 2020. https://www.foxnews.com/world/28-new-hezbollah-missile-launch-sites-detected-in-civilians-areas-highlighting-its-human-shield-tactic
  17. ↑ Hezbollah - Using Lebanese Citizens as a "Human Shields". https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/Data/pdf/PDF_human_shields_1.pdf
  18. ↑ Hezbollah's Use of Human Shields https://www.idf.il/en/minisites/hezbollah/hezbollah/hezbollahs-use-of-human-shields/
  19. ↑ Terry Glavin: 'By using human shields, Hamas doubles down on its war crimes. There is no equivalence between Israel's defensive targeting of Hamas launch sites in Gaza and the rockets targeting Israeli civilians'. May 12, 2021. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-by-using-human-shields-hamas-doubles-down-on-its-war-crimes
  20. ↑ United States Policy Toward Lebanon-relief and Rehabilitation... United States Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 1983, p. 131 THE PLO THREAT. Israel has found in Lebanon enough PLO weapons to equip a massive army and to supply untold numbers of terrorist cadres... Arafat boasts of PLO terrorists serving in El Salvador, Angola and... In two ways however, the PLO was different from conventional armies. First, the PLO consciously attacked only civilians and, secondly, the PLO used civilians as human shields to protect itself. Anyone who has been to the small country of Israel knows that there are many military targets to be easily found... Yet, the PLO could only find those “military" targets disguised as kibbutz nurseries, school buses, marketplaces or passenger airplanes. And the second factor that differentiates the PLO terrorist army from conventional armies is its hiding in the midst of civilian centers. Israeli troops uncovered PLO arsenals, emplacements and bases in schools, mosques, and apartment basements. According to Newsweek, June 14, Israeli soldiers in one engagement, were attacked by PLO fighters disguised as hospital patients.
  21. ↑ 'Current World Leaders,' 1982, p.676 PLO Subversion of Lebanon. The terrorists sought and found new bases in Lebanon... The Deliberate Use of Civilians as Shields Since the beginning of its operations against Israel, the PLO has cynically used heavily populated areas — such as refugee camps or inhabited areas in Beirut and other towns in Lebanom —  as bases of operation. Aware of Israeli reluctance to harm civilians, it has thus often used the latter as human shields.  And indeed, Israel acted with restraint. It elected not to attack targets in the midst of the refugee camps or the towns, but on their peripheries, in order to innocent human lives and ... However, Israel has no choice but to act in self-defense as long as acts of terrorism continue against its people...
  22. ↑ Stephen Karetzky, Peter E. Goldman, "The Media's War Against Israel: The Full Exposé No One Dared Publish." (Steimatzky/Shapolsky, 1986) p.266[1] By training their cameras on the stark rubble and bloody civilian casualties, the television reporters transformed the reality of Israel's most ... and the agony and casualties such attacks cause, and by rarely explaining how the PLO used civilians as shields, the knights of the Electronic Cyclops failed to give viewers a balanced picture of the fighting... responsibility for the carnage, or about the PLO's right to use the Lebanese capital's civilianpopulation as hostages to his political maneuverings.
  23. ↑ "World Refugee Survey," 1984, p.112 ...these organizations had "encamped themselves within civilian population centers in southern Lebanon, using the civilians as human shields and enabling them to launch Katyusha rockets and other weapons against Israeli soldiers and civilians with impunity. Faced with this deliberate provocation and escalation, Israel was forced to respond."
  24. ↑ Search: [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aidf.il+%22human+shields%22 . https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/site-search?q=Human+shields+
  25. ↑ Hamas' Use of Human Shields, Explained. Published on May 18, 2021. The Hamas terror organization manufactures, stores, and launches weapons among civilian areas in Gaza. This is a blatant violation of human rights—both Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad use Gazan civilians as human shields to protect their weapons by putting them in the direct line of fire. Following Hamas' relentless rocket attacks since May 10, 2021, Israel has had no choice but to defend itself. In contrast to its enemies, the IDF goes above and beyond international law to warn and protect Gazan civilians while striking terror targets in Gaza. https://youtu.be/_IWrLkTYRO0
  26. ↑ "Hamas Quietly Admits It Fired Rockets from Civilian Areas." Sep 12, 2014 — Throughout the seven- week conflict, Israel frequently charged that Hamas had been using schools, hospitals, and homes to fire . https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/380149
  27. ↑ Congressional Record. Extensions of Remarks, Vol. 160, Pt. 9. Page 13211. "Israel Has The Right To Defend Itaelf." .. Lou Barletta of Pennsylvania In The House Of Representatives. July 25, 2014. Hamas, which was designated as a terrorist organization by the United States.. has a history of using schools, hospitals and civilians areas as staging grounds and launch sites for their attacks against Israel. They have also built a network of tunnels under those locations to facilitate the movement of soldiers and weapons for use against Israel. When Israel responds to these attacks by specifically targeting these missiles launchers, Hamas uses human shields--many times children--as propaganda tools. The civilized world should be horrified at such tactics by Hamas and condemn them absolutely.
  28. ↑ How Hamas Uses Schools & Hospitals | Military.com Aug 7, 2014. https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/terrorism/how-hamas-uses-schools-hospitals/3719616045001
  29. ↑ Fighting terrorists who move around in ambulances - The Jerusalem Post. Jul 20, 2014 — Hamas is an expert at embedding itself in the midst of the Palestinian civilian population and using it as human shields... https://m.jpost.com/operation-protective-edge/analysis-fighting-terrorists-who-move-around-in-ambulances-363498/amp
  30. ↑ https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/12/Using-an-Ambulance-as-a-Shield-2.jpeg
  31. ↑ https://static.educalingo.com/img/en/800/human-shield.jpg
  32. ↑ John Oliver Blames Israel for Hamas War Crimes. Emanuel Miller, HR, May 18, 2021 See, for example, the video below of an Al-Arabiya journalist expressing shock in 2009 that Hamas fired a Grad rocket at Israel from under the building in which she was located. “They launched from under the office,” she exclaims. https://honestreporting.com/john-oliver-blames-israel-for-hamas-war-crimes/
  33. ↑ Blinken: Israel provided US secret justification for flattening AP building in Gaza. By Steven Nelson, NY Post May 18, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/blinken-israel-gave-us-secret-justification-for-flattening-ap-building-in-gaza/. .. Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama, said that the building was long known as an operational center for the Islamic fundamentalist group. "I'm sure Hamas offices were in that building [and] that they purposely co-locate operations with civilians" Vietor wrote on Twitter. He added that "I talked to people who worked in the building."
  34. ↑ Richard Landes: "The Media's Role in Hamas’ War Strategy." The American Interest, August 5, 2014. https://www.the-american-interest.com/2014/08/05/the-medias-role-in-hamas-war-strategy/?utm_content=buffer84617
  35. ↑ UN researcher reports UN session on Israel that never happened - UN Watch. Feb 22, 2013. Nicola Perugini, a UN researcher in the Palestinian territories for UNESCO and UNIFEM... https://unwatch.org/al-jazeera-reports-on-un-session-that-never-happened/
  36. ↑ 'Nicola Perugini, distorter, typical inciter.' Aug 9, 2020. http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259883
  37. ↑ https://www.theisraelgroup.org/post/anti-israel-editor-nishidani
  38. ↑ Yaakov Katz, "How the IDF invented 'Roof Knocking', the tactic that saves lives in Gaza." Jerusalem Lost, March 25, 2021. https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-story-of-idfs-innovative-tactic-to-avoid-civilian-casualties-in-gaza-663170
  39. ↑ Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman: Iron Sting is a 'networked precision fire system' – a mortar munition that employs laser and GPS to engage targets accurately and prevent collateral damage. Trials have been conducted successfully, concluding the system’s development. [Mar 14, 2021]. https://mobile.twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1371219951168724993
  40. ↑ 'How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas.' Israel uses phone calls and roof-knock munitions to evacuate Gazans ahead of airstrikes. "We select warheads with the necessary lethality to hit those who need to be hit and to reduce the impact on others," Israeli official explains. By Reuters and ILH Staff. 05-14-2021. https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/
  41. ↑ 'More Accurate Better Bombs and Sparing Human Shields.' WSJ, August 10, 2018. A key reason for civilian casualties other than faulty intelligence or inaccurate ordnance: The deliberate use of civilians as human shields by terrorist groups. https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-accurate-better-bombs-and-sparing-human-shields-1533938542
  42. ↑ How the Vicious Cycle of Arab "Palestinian" or Hezbollah - Bringing About Dead Kids Can Be Diminished, DP, May 20, 2021
  43. ↑ NPR, May 21, 2021
  44. ↑ "Social Media Video Shows Gaza Palestinian Telling IDF Soldier ‘If the Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’". Algemeiner.com. May 19, 2021. https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/19/social-media-video-shows-gaza-palestinian-telling-idf-soldier-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die/
  45. ↑ 'Shocking' Phone Call Between IDF and Gazan Reveals 'Entire Conflict in a Nutshell'. Leah Barkoukis  |  @LeahBarkoukis  | May 19, 2021 A short but “shocking” phone call between the Israeli Defense Forces and a Palestinian in Gaza reveals “the entire conflict in a nutshell,” https://townhall.com/tipsheet//leahbarkoukis/2021/05/19/shocking-phone-call-between-idf-and-gazan-reveals-entire-conflict-in-a-nutshell-n2589676
  46. ↑ Hank Berrien, "Shock Video: IDF Warns Gazan Man To Evacuate Children Before Bombing. He Responds: ‘If The Children Need To Die Then They’ll Die’". May 19, 2021. DailyWire.com Before strikes on buildings in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces call residents of those buildings to give them a chance to evacuate and preserve their lives. A new video shows the IDF pleading with a Gazan man on the other end of the line to evacuate a targeted building, saying he had a responsibility for children’s lives. The man responded, “If the children need to die then they’ll die.” In the video, aired by Sky News (below), the Gazan man initially tries to stall for time, saying, “I can’t get all of the people out; I need at least two hours to get them out.” https://www.dailywire.com/news/shock-video-idf-warns-gazan-man-to-evacuate-children-before-bombing-he-responds-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die
  47. ↑ יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: Through a 30 second conversation between the IDF and a Palestinian in #Gaza you can understand who is choosing life and who is choosing death. A shocking phone call, must watch: https://t.co/4soDBV2AVE https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1394900465498869762?s=20 [May 19, 2021]
  48. ↑ Denouncing the Use of Civilians as Human Shields by Hamas and Other Terrorist Organizations in Violation of International Humanitarian Law; and Condemning the Murder of Israeli and Palestinian Children in Israel and the Ongoing and Escalating Violence in that Country: Markup Before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session on H. Con. Res. 107 and H. Res. 665, July 25, 2014. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. U.S. Government Printing Office, 2014 - Crimes against humanity (International law) - 24 pages. [3][4] [5]
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