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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nice selective context there, removing the first part of the sentence:

In the killings documented in this report, Human Rights Watch found no evidence that the victims were used by Palestinian fighters as human shields or were shot in the crossfire between opposing forces.

So according to the HRW investigation of 11 killings in 2008-2009 the killings weren't justified by the claims of human shields.

And yet you have things like the UN in 2014 condemning the placement of rockets on site in one of its schools in the region for the second time:

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools

So maybe you mischaracterizing the HRW conclusion and actively ignoring other evidence in the process is the real lying here?

Edit: Also, just for source consistency, we have this 2012 report from HRW:

Human Rights Watch research in Gaza found that armed groups repeatedly fired rockets from densely populated areas, near homes, businesses, and a hotel, unnecessarily placing civilians in the vicinity at grave risk from Israeli counter-fire.