Wed 30-April-2025

Human shields

Israeli investigation: Elderly couple used as human shields and executed

An Israeli investigation disclosed that Israeli soldiers used an 80-year-old man and his wife as human shields in the Gaza Strip and then executed them.

IOF executes Palestinian prisoner after using him as human shield

The Israeli Haaretz newspaper revealed that an Israeli Nahhal brigade commander killed a Palestinian prisoner who was used as a human shield to inspect buildings in the southern Gaza Strip.

Zakariah: A Palestinian used as a human shield by the Israeli army tells his story to the PIC

Zakariah is a young Palestinian who had not yet completed his fourth decade of life when the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza began in December 2023.

Israeli soldier: We used two Palestinian prisoners as human shields in Gaza

An Israeli soldier admitted to using Palestinian prisoners as human shields to "explore dangerous areas" in the Gaza Strip, which has been under continuous Israeli aggression for the second consecutive year.

The use of Palestinian civilians as human shields: A repeated Israeli crime in Gaza

"They forced me to wear the uniform of the occupying army and enter homes to film them."

IOF uses little girl “Malak” as a human shield in Tulkarem

The British newspaper The Guardian reported that Israeli occupation forces are accused of using a 10-year-old girl as a human shield during their attack on the Palestinian territories.

Palestinian detainee reveals that the IOF used him as a human shield for 40 days

The testimony of a Palestinian detainee revealed that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used him and another prisoner as human shields for 40 days in Gaza.

Human Shields: Systematic Israel policy to protect its soldiers

International reports and documented evidence show that the use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) to protect soldiers or Israeli equipment is not an isolated incident.

Human shields: Israel’s hidden atrocities in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces have repeatedly used Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the beleaguered Gaza Strip as human shields since 1976.

This is how Israel used Palestinian civilians as human shields in Gaza

New exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera on Sunday showed the Israeli occupation army using detained Palestinian civilians as human shields during the fighting in the Gaza Strip.