This is arguably one of Israel’s most insidious claims, because it blames Palestinians for their own death and deprives them of even their victimhood. Israel made the same argument in its war against Lebanon in 2006
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/lebanon0907.pdf
and in its war against Palestinians in 2008.
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/library/...2-4a1c-b4c9-bfc4743dc131/mde150212009eng.html
Israel has yet to prove that Hamas has used civilian infrastructure to store military weapons.
Israeli military destroyed el-Wafa hospital even though it knew there were no weapons inside | Mondoweiss
The two cases where Hamas indeed stored weapons in UNRWA schools, the schools were empty. UNRWA discovered the rockets and publicly condemned the violation of its sanctity.
UNRWA Strongly Condemns Placement of Rockets in School | UNRWA
International human rights organizations that have investigated these claims have determined that they are not true. It attributed the high death toll in Israel’s 2006 war on Lebanon to Israel’s indiscriminate attacks. Human Rights Watch notes:
The evidence Human Rights Watch uncovered in its on-the-ground investigations refutes [Israel’s] argument…we found strong evidence that Hezbollah stored most of its rockets in bunkers and weapon storage facilities located in uninhabited fields and valleys, that in the vast majority of cases Hezbollah fighters left populated civilian areas as soon as the fighting started, and that Hezbollah fired the vast majority of its rockets from pre-prepared positions outside villages.
In fact, only Israeli soldiers have systematically used Palestinians as human shields. Since Israel’s incursion into the West Bank in 2002, it has used Palestinians as human shields by tying young Palestinians onto the hoods of their cars or forcing them to go into a home where a potential militant may be hiding.
The Magnes Zionist: The Breaking the Silence Gaza Testimonies: The Use of “Johnnies” as Human Shields
PressTV - Israeli military uses Palestinian kids as human shields: UN rights group
Israel: Soldiers’ Punishment for Using Boy as ‘Human Shield’ Inadequate | Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/lebanon0907.pdf
and in its war against Palestinians in 2008.
https://www.amnesty.org/fr/library/...2-4a1c-b4c9-bfc4743dc131/mde150212009eng.html
Israel has yet to prove that Hamas has used civilian infrastructure to store military weapons.
Israeli military destroyed el-Wafa hospital even though it knew there were no weapons inside | Mondoweiss
The two cases where Hamas indeed stored weapons in UNRWA schools, the schools were empty. UNRWA discovered the rockets and publicly condemned the violation of its sanctity.
UNRWA Strongly Condemns Placement of Rockets in School | UNRWA
International human rights organizations that have investigated these claims have determined that they are not true. It attributed the high death toll in Israel’s 2006 war on Lebanon to Israel’s indiscriminate attacks. Human Rights Watch notes:
The evidence Human Rights Watch uncovered in its on-the-ground investigations refutes [Israel’s] argument…we found strong evidence that Hezbollah stored most of its rockets in bunkers and weapon storage facilities located in uninhabited fields and valleys, that in the vast majority of cases Hezbollah fighters left populated civilian areas as soon as the fighting started, and that Hezbollah fired the vast majority of its rockets from pre-prepared positions outside villages.
In fact, only Israeli soldiers have systematically used Palestinians as human shields. Since Israel’s incursion into the West Bank in 2002, it has used Palestinians as human shields by tying young Palestinians onto the hoods of their cars or forcing them to go into a home where a potential militant may be hiding.
The Magnes Zionist: The Breaking the Silence Gaza Testimonies: The Use of “Johnnies” as Human Shields
PressTV - Israeli military uses Palestinian kids as human shields: UN rights group
Israel: Soldiers’ Punishment for Using Boy as ‘Human Shield’ Inadequate | Human Rights Watch