Honestly, for how ubiquitous this claim is, I've never been able to find more than a handful of clips of urban warfare (?)
I don't think it's that much of a surprise that in the world's most densest urban area, militants will be in a city?
Either way, "human shields" isn't a valid defense. Especially if you don't provide evidence for __every single instance__ you're causing civilian damage.
Seeing this is apparently from NATO, I assumed there'd be more to say here. But the list of incidents they referenced are primarily "IDF Spokesperson".
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2014/07/jeremy-bowens-gaz...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_shield#2008%E2%80%932009...
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?a... (This article is honestly, one of the most shiver-inducing ones)
Honestly, for how ubiquitous this claim is, I've never been able to find more than a handful of clips of urban warfare (?)
I don't think it's that much of a surprise that in the world's most densest urban area, militants will be in a city?
Either way, "human shields" isn't a valid defense. Especially if you don't provide evidence for __every single instance__ you're causing civilian damage.
Edit:
I decided to end up doing more research on this.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15/015/2009/en/
Apparently makes a claim that there was no evidence of human shields in the major war then.
Honestly - I feel like this is one of those situations where an entity has lied so much about a specific thing, that takes a life on its own.
It's how journalists don't fact check cops and just report their reports as fact. I'm guessing a similar thing has happened here.
I mean, we've seen how dangerous not supporting Israel has been in terms of reputational damage.
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Edit 2:
Even more research. I did find https://stratcomcoe.org/publications/hybrid-threats-hamas-us...
Seeing this is apparently from NATO, I assumed there'd be more to say here. But the list of incidents they referenced are primarily "IDF Spokesperson".