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How common is Israel’s use of human shields in Gaza and the West Bank?

Army under pressure to provide answers amid growing evidence that orders to use Palestinians as ‘fodder’ come from top.

Al Jazeera

I served in the IDF. I now speak out about the occupation of Palestine.

JOEL Carmel arrived in Israel when he was 18. Having grown up at the heart of the Jewish community in London, it had always been clear to him that…

The National (Scotland)

Israel investigates use of Palestinians as human shields by its forces in Gaza

IDF says practise ‘strictly prohibited’ after report of incidents quoting both Palestinians and Israeli troops

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Israeli soldiers and former detainees tell AP Israel's use of human shields in Gaza is widespread

Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen

The Independent UK

Israeli army only finds ‘professional failures’ in Gaza aid worker killings

The Palestine Red Crescent Society denounced the Israeli report as ‘full of lies’.

Al Jazeera

Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say

Combatants’ testimonies describe how areas were destroyed to create ‘a death zone of enormous proportions’

The Guardian - UK

Stripped and held at gunpoint, the Gaza schoolboys ‘forced to be Israel’s human shields’

Palestinians as young as 12 describe how they were forced to inspect houses and roads to look for tunnels and militants, sometimes dressed in military fatigues, in a practice an Israeli NGO warns is ‘broadly used’ and ‘systemic’. Bel Trew reports from Jerusalem

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First Thing: Mpox outbreak in Africa is public health emergency, says WHO

Experts urge accelerated access to vaccines and testing. Plus, Columbia University president resigns

The Guardian - UK

Israeli forces in Gaza ‘use civilians as human shields’ against possible booby-traps

Newspaper and campaign group allege Palestinians are sent ahead of troops into buildings or tunnels that need clearing

The Guardian - UK

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

NPR visits one West Bank town where Israelis are grazing sheep, in a place where a Palestinian school once stood.

WEKU

Is it true or not? Israeli group FakeReporter fact checks while seeking shelter

A former Israeli combat soldier runs a nonprofit out of his in-laws' front yard that fact-checks posts on social media about the Israel-Hamas war in real time.

WEKU

‘Do not use our pain to bring death’: plea to Israel from peace activists’ grieving families

Relatives of campaigners killed by Hamas, such as Hayim Katsman, are among those arguing against revenge

The Guardian - UK

Left-wing Tel Aviv Headmaster Resigns In Protest

Ze'ev Degani was protesting a move to cancel an on-campus student demonstration against enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces

Zenger

Education Minister Warns Tel Aviv Headmaster Over Calls To Evade IDF Service

Israeli Education Minister vowed to "deal with"with the high school headmaster for encouraging students to evade IDF service

Zenger

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These Israeli settlers are trying to seize West Bank land by accusing farmers of stealing livestock

Attacks on Palestinian homes and farms in the West Bank have continued to multiply since the formation of Israel’s new ultra-nationalist government, the most right-wing in Israeli history, following elections in November 2022. Israeli settlers have been documented using a new strategy to seize land: accusing Palestinian farmers of stealing…

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