U.N. report accuses Israeli forces of using Palestinian children as human shields, abusing children in custody
One of the more explosive allegations in the report is the "continuous use of Palestinian children as human shields and informants," of which the report says 14 cases have been reported in the last 3 years.
"[Israel's] soldiers have used Palestinian children to enter potentially dangerous buildings ahead of them and to stand in front of military vehicles in order to stop the throwing of stones against those vehicles," the committee writes in the report, citing the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundemental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
According to the report, such activity has largely gone unpunished.
"The soldiers convicted for having forced at gunpoint a nine-year old child to search bags suspected of containing explosives only received a suspended sentence of three months and were demoted."
U.N. report accuses Israeli forces of using Palestinian children as human shields, abusing children in custody - CBS News
Here, we see a discussion of Israel using Palestinian children as human shields in violation of international law.