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Evidence of Hamas Use of Human Shields

Tue Jan 6, 2009 3:13 AM EST
world-news, israel, terrorism, gaza, hamas, palestinians, human-shields
By Yaakov

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I have seen many people make claims that while Israel states that Hamas uses civilians as human shields, they consider it to be just a way to legitimize Israel's war strategy. A representative example:

I haven't seen one Palestinian "terrorist" holding a woman or child in front of them as a shield as people have claimed. That argument that they are hiding out with the civilians is unfair. How much can someone hide in a place that's probably not as big as Connecticut? - Dulcita

In response, here are a few things I found on the Internet regarding the subject:

  1. Speech by Fathi Hamad, member of Hamas Council, Al Aqsa TV, Feb 29, 2008: "For the Palestinian people death became an industry, at which women excel and so do all people on this land: the elderly excel, the Jihad fighters excel, and the children excel. Accordingly [Palestinians] created a human shield of women, children, the elderly and the Jihad fighters againset the Zionist bombing machine, as they were saying to the Zionist enemy: We desire death as you desire Life."
  2. Gaza TV calls out to the local civilian population to go and form a human shield around the house of a Hamas terrorist after Israel called him to warn him about an airtstrike.
  3. Video of Hamas terrorists grabbing children and using them as shields while running across the street
  4. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs report on Hamas exploitation of civilians as human shields: Photographic evidence. Includes other videos and photographic evidence of Hamas sending children to protect rocket launch sites and weapons assembly facilities, firing rockets from densely populated areas, etc.
  5. News report of Hamas terrorists dressing up as women and using a crowd of women for cover

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Dennis P. McCannDeleted
Arad

Question:  Is that an ambulance in the background of the picture?  The coloring seems to match and it looks like there's lights on top of it, though I could be entirely wrong since the picture is a little fuzzy.

Also, "Spiceweasel."

  • 1 vote
Reply#2 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 9:45 AM EST
Marillion

phew, now I'm relieved, that justifies everything...

  • 1 vote
Reply#3 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 10:06 AM EST
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TopJedi

Why did the Palestinians of Gaza overwhelmingly elect Hamas if not for a more violent response to Israel? 

Seems the Palestinians of the West Bank who did not elect Hamas are having a much better time.  Just a coincidence?

    Reply#6 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 11:35 AM EST
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    alkimija

    Despicable.

    Jurist has a similar article on their website here.

    • 2 votes
    Reply#8 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 2:39 PM EST
    MartinEZ

    most disgusting clowns hezbollah and hamas..

    israel should just wipe out the whole area and reclaim it there jewish land..

    Invoke Hitler much? You're just as much a terrorist as they are thinking like that.

      Reply#9 - Tue Jan 6, 2009 4:40 PM EST
      Mary-USA

      To make any assumption based on that picture is outrageous.  How do you know it is not the father assisting his child?  The TV ad is neighbors trying to protect a family from Israelis about to kill them - I am more appalled that Israel makes such telephone calls to people.  Israel puts out there as much propaganda as any other country. 

        Reply#10 - Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:26 PM EST
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