Hospitals have been caught in the crossfire during the Israel-Hamas war — both literally and in the clashing narratives of the conflict.

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.

  • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
    610·
    1 year ago

    That was 15 years ago, and I see absolutely no mention of Israeli human shields anywhere regarding Cast Lead.

    • Count042@lemmy.ml
      103·
      1 year ago

      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