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Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? (apnews.com)
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm reading through the Wikipedia article and don't see anything about the Israelis using human shields. Part of it mentions Hamas using human shields, hiding under hospitals, keeping weapons in houses or mosques, etc.

Can you help narrow it down for me which part you're talking about?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde150152009en.pdf

    Page 48.

    Israel does a good job of making the world forget their actions.

    According to testimonies, in several cases Israeli forces also forced unarmed Palestinian civilian males (mostly adults but in two cases also children) to serve as “human shields”, including making them walk in front of armed soldiers; go into buildings to check for booby traps or gunmen; and inspect suspicious objects for explosives. These practices are not new. Numerous such cases have been documented in recent years and the Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that such practices contradict International law and prohibited them in October 2005.73

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