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The following line is from Ghook's signature:
BBC News - Israeli troops charged over use of boy as human shield
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The difference - Hamas/Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad/Al Qaeda/Kalam hide behind civilians using them as human shields and Israel stands in front of them protecting them like shields!
BBC News - Israeli troops charged over use of boy as human shield
The Israeli military has charged two of its soldiers with endangering the life of a Palestinian boy during Israel's offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
The army said the soldiers, who had been searching a building, had instructed the nine-year-old to open bags they suspected were booby-trapped.
This practice, banned by the Israeli military, is known as using someone as a human shield.
Use of civilians as human shields is widely considered a war crime.
The Israeli rights organisation, B'Tselem welcomed the indictments.
But the group repeated its call for an independent investigation of the army's operation in Gaza.
The war lasted for 22 days starting on 27 December 2008.
The Israeli military has opened about 150 investigations into alleged misconduct during the operation, which was named "Cast Lead".
About 40 of these are criminal investigations. This is the second to lead to an indictment. In the first, a soldier was jailed for seven months for using a credit card he stole from a Palestinian in Gaza to withdraw money in Israel.
Also, in January, the Israel military said it had reprimanded two top army officers for authorising an artillery attack using white phosphorus shells which hit a UN compound in Gaza last year.
Critics have said it is not sufficient for the military to investigate itself.
In September 2009, South African judge Richard Goldstone delivered a report to the UN Human Rights Council that concluded that war crimes had been committed by the Israeli military and Hamas, the Islamist militant group that runs Gaza.
He accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure during the conflict.
Hamas's use of indiscriminate rocket fire was judged a war crime
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