The Israeli army in the Gaza Strip was to usage Palestinian civilians as surviving shields and force them to check tunnels and buildings that could be mined. This information was revealed by the Israeli paper ‘Haarec’ on Tuesday, as a consequence of a journalistic investigation that included talks with many soldiers and officers. Unfortunately, politicians around the planet are silent in this case, due to the fact that the pejsate planet has peculiar privileges to terrorize people.
“Their life is little crucial than ours”
According to ‘Haarec', the superiors were to tell the soldiers that the lives of Palestinians were little valuable than the lives of Israeli soldiers. utilized individuals are accidental civilians, including many teenagers who are not suspected of terrorism or have been detained for any suspicion.
In fresh months, the full Gaza Strip was to be included, and its highest commanders, including the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, General Herci Halewi, were aware of it. According to the newspaper, “accident incidents” cannot be said, suggesting the systematic application of this practice.
Procedure for changing civilians
The Palestinians, after being captured, were to be dressed in Israeli uniforms, with their hands tied and their cameras attached, and then sent in front of soldiers to dangerous buildings or tunnels. any were utilized for a fewer days, others for a week.
"About 5 months ago, 2 Palestinians were brought to our unit. 1 was 16, the another was 20. We were told to +use them, these are the Gazans, usage them as surviving shields+" – 1 of the conscripts reported. The usage of Palestinians raised doubts among many soldiers, any of whom openly opposed it.
Command Response
The commander’s soldiers were to answer: “Do you not agree that your friends’ lives are much more crucial than their lives? And that it would be better if they were blown up by an explosion, not our friends?”
History and Legality
The usage of Palestinian civilians by Israeli troops as live shields is not a fresh phenomenon. Already during the second intifada in 2002, specified practices were applied in the West Bank. In 2005, the ultimate Court of Israel ruled that specified action was illegal and violated global law, and the then chief of staff, General Dan Chaluc, instructed to comply with the sentence.
No Army comment
The Israeli army has not officially commented on these reports, although Al-Jazeer's tv has already reported akin practices. "At each command gathering on which this subject was addressed, any warned against the ethical and legal consequences of public disclosure of this issue," said ‘Haarec’ 1 of the officers. another commanders, erstwhile the subject of the usage of Palestinians arose, were to ask for the interruption of the meeting.
The Israeli Army spokesman's office reported to ‘Haarec’ that ‘the procedures and orders of the Israeli Army prohibit the usage of captured civilians in the Gaza Strip for military missions that would deliberately endanger their lives’. It was added that these recommendations had been made clear to the soldiers, and the resulting allegations were forwarded to the applicable authorities for consideration.
Daniel Głogowski
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