Rockets fired at Israel on Wednesday were launched from within humanitarian zones set up in Gaza to allow civilians a safe haven, Israelās military charged Thursday, as troops pressed into major Hamas strongholds in northern and southern Gaza amid heavy fighting.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, two separate rocket attacks Wednesday afternoon, including a large barrage aimed at Negev metropolis Beersheba, were fired from the vicinity of areas that are supposed to be free of hostilities, putting civilians at risk.
āAt 3:59 p.m., Hamas terrorists launched 12 rockets toward Israeli civilians in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel. The rockets were launched from near tents of evacuated Gazan civilians in Rafah in southern Gaza and from next to United Nations facilities,ā the IDF said in a statement.
It said a rocket was also fired three hours earlier āfrom inside a humanitarian zone. The rocket misfired, putting many Gazan civilians at risk.ā
The evacuation zones are areas designated by the IDF as safe for civilians within the Gaza Strip.
Military says terror group launched projectiles from next to tents housing civilians; troops push further into Khan Younis, Jabaliya; 5 soldiers killed, taking ground op toll to 89
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And yet those who claim to be pro Palestinian, refuse to condemn Hamas for using civilians as human shields, clear evidence they are driven by hate for Jews, not compassion for Palestinian civilians.
Ritter suggested that Hezbollah could join the fight and they would fire a hundred (thousad) primitive rockets that would be mostly destroyed by the 'Iron Dome'. Thus depleting defenses to next to nothing.
Then Hezbollah would fire another hundred (thousand) that resemble the Kinzhals.
That's a worse case scenario but it might be worth considering.
Rockets fired at Israel on Wednesday were launched from within humanitarian zones set up in Gaza to allow civilians a safe haven, Israelās military charged Thursday, as troops pressed into major Hamas strongholds in northern and southern Gaza amid heavy fighting.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, two separate rocket attacks Wednesday afternoon, including a large barrage aimed at Negev metropolis Beersheba, were fired from the vicinity of areas that are supposed to be free of hostilities, putting civilians at risk.
āAt 3:59 p.m., Hamas terrorists launched 12 rockets toward Israeli civilians in the city of Beersheba in southern Israel. The rockets were launched from near tents of evacuated Gazan civilians in Rafah in southern Gaza and from next to United Nations facilities,ā the IDF said in a statement.
It said a rocket was also fired three hours earlier āfrom inside a humanitarian zone. The rocket misfired, putting many Gazan civilians at risk.ā
The evacuation zones are areas designated by the IDF as safe for civilians within the Gaza Strip.
Military says terror group launched projectiles from next to tents housing civilians; troops push further into Khan Younis, Jabaliya; 5 soldiers killed, taking ground op toll to 89
www.timesofisrael.com
And yet those who claim to be pro Palestinian, refuse to condemn Hamas for using civilians as human shields, clear evidence they are driven by hate for Jews, not compassion for Palestinian civilians.
We both know there is no Israeli equivalent to the depravity of Hamas. While Hamas shows no concern for the lives of either Israeli or Palestinian civilians, Israel not only tries to protect its own civilians but also adheres meticulously to International Humanitarian Law to protect the lives of Palestinian civilians.
"Hamas is weak without human shields" ā¢ Over a million and a half pamphlets were dropped into Gaza by Israeli fighter jets since the beginning of the operation
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The Messenger -
Hamas Commander Holding 1000 Hostages as Shields in Gaza Hospital, IDF Says.
8 nov 2023
IDF allows terrorists to leave Rantisi Hospital in Gaza to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants, but later kills Hamas commander.
www.jns.org
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EU backs Israel on 'human shields' in Gaza.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)
By ANDREW RETTMAN
BRUSSELS, 13. NOV 2023, 22:18
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The EU has backed Israel in saying that its unprecedented killing of civilians in Gaza is partly due to terrorists' use of "human shields", amid intense debate on the morality of the war.
"The EU condemns the use of hospitals and civilians as human shields by Hamas," EU foreign ministers said in a statement in Brussels on Monday (12 November).
The EU has backed Israel in saying its unprecedented killing of civilians in Gaza is partly due to terrorists' use of "human shields", amid intense debate on the morality of the war.
euobserver.com
AP News -
EU nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as 'human shields'.
13 nov 2023
The 27 European Union nations have jointly condemned Hamas for what they described as the use of hospitals and civilians as āhuman shieldsā in the war against Israel.
apnews.com
The Media Line -
EU Nations Jointly Condemn Hamas for Its Use of āHuman Shieldsā in the Gaza Conflict.
14 nov 2023
John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said that intelligence from U.S.-generated sources supported Israelās claim that Hamas has tunnels under Al-Shifa and other hospitals.
www.nytimes.com
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The Sun -
Israel forces wipe out Hamas terror squad holed up in Gaza hospital.
13 nov 2023
ISRAELI forces wiped out a Hamas terror cell in a Gaza hospital as they used patients as human shields to try and escape. The IDF today said troops were fired at by Hamas fighters from the entranceā¦
www.thesun.co.uk
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The Hill -
Hamas is murdering Palestinian babies in Gaza hospitals.
15 nov 2023
Media outlets around the world are showing dead and dying Palestinian babies in hospitals ā but what they are not showing is who murdered these babies. The answer is clear. American intelligence haā¦
thehill.com
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Newsweek -
I Was Canceled for a Cartoon About Hamas' Human Shields. I Stand by It.
15 nov 2023
Hamas operatives recently apprehended by Israel are spilling secrets under interrogation about how the terror network is using hospitals to strike at Israeli forces.
nypost.com
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Belfast News Letter -
Letters: The use of human shields by Hamas makes a high death toll in Gaza unavoidable
21 nov 2023
A BOSS at al-Shifa hospital has been arrested for allegedly allowing Hamas to turn it into a horrifying terror command HQ where innocent people were used as human shields. Dr Muhammad Abu Salamiyahā¦
www.thesun.co.uk
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More 'proof' that Hamas use civilians as 'human shields': IDF releases video showing underground tunnel which it says was found inside a mosque as Israel pounds terror bases
By Perkin Amalaraj, 16:18 03 Dec 2023, updated 16:37 03 Dec 2023
The IDF video shows a deep tunnel in a building that Israeli soldiers claim is a mosque, and cuts to several more examples of tunnels that it says Hamas is using
www.dailymail.co.uk
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ANI News
Ex-Hamas operatives confirm terror group uses Gaza civilians as human shields: IDF.
January 2, 2024
Caged hostages kept near Hamas leaders in Gaza tunnels as āprotectionā - report.
An official from the terror groupās political branch says protecting Yahya Sinwar and other leaders āis the right of any leadership or any resistance'
i24NEWS, January 25, 2024 at 03:18 AM
Israeli hostages were held in cages by Hamas, in tunnels deep under the Gaza Stripās city of Khan Yunis, as part of the terrorist organizationās efforts to protect its top leadership, NBC News reported on Thursday.
āI think that this is the right of any leadership or any resistance,ā an unnamed Hamas political official told NBC News, regarding efforts to protect Yahya Sinwar and other top leaders in Gaza.
According to the report, current and former Israeli officials told NBC News that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) found cages that held hostages as human shields around where Sinwar and other Hamas leaders had been hiding out.
The report described the underground hideouts as ācarefully protected by layers of Israeli captives and lower-tier Hamas fighters,ā adding that Sinwar likely stayed on the move in order to avoid detection.
Israel Defense Forces Spokeperson's Unit
A Hamas tunnel under Khan YunisIsrael Defense Forces Spokeperson's Unit
āIt is a fair assumption that Sinwar and Hamas leadership were close to where those hostages were kept ā and then they all moved on,ā an IDF reserve spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, told NBC News. āI think being close to hostages has saved his life more than once.ā
Furthermore, the terrorist organization took āgreat painsā to avoid Israeli intelligence services being able to snoop on Sinwarās communications with Hamas leadership abroad, primarily in Qatarās capital Doha, even throughout the November hostage release negotiations.
Amid increased back-and-forth for a new hostage release deal, Qatar reportedly conveyed to Israel on Wednesday that Hamas suspended the talks due to their insistence of a complete withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip in the initial phase of any agreement.
An official from the terror groupās political branch says protecting Yahya Sinwar and other leaders āis the right of any leadership or any resistance' - Click the link for more details.
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