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How to counter the "Hamas hides behind civilian shields" argument? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I keep seeing this online and in person. I don't know how to respond

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The definitely not true. You can search back and find claims of palestine using human sheilds way back in 2002, but it really picked up in 2008ish. Amnesty International had to put out a statement in 2009 saying there was no evidence for the claim.

It just likely never came up in your personal news sources. And yes of course Israel has used Palestinians & children as human sheilds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

oh word, thanks for clarifying. i just remember when i was debating some redditor and restricted a google search to pre-2023, and there was a few reports from HRW or the UN that stuck out