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July 2, 2024

"A Full-Fledged War Crime": Rights Groups Condemn Israeli Military over Human Shields
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Human rights groups are condemning Israel's army for using Palestinians
in Gaza and the West Bank as "human shields" during combat. Video
published by Al Jazeera shows Israeli soldiers attaching body cameras to
handcuffed Palestinian civilians and forcing them into dangerous combat
zones. More video shows soldiers tying a wounded and bleeding
Palestinian man onto the hood of a military vehicle during a raid on the
city of Jenin. Israel's military admitted its soldiers carried out at
least two other similar incidents, first revealed by the BBC on Sunday.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor wrote, "Each of the
aforementioned acts of criminal, brutal, and inhumane behavior
constitutes a grave violation of the rules of international humanitarian
law, and is a full-fledged war crime."


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