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2023-10-18 11:10:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A16C11F36E24ED489F23C200B8B8EAE6CE830E72DDF82F2D006223C1A3C9050B
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The IDF has targeted healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip many times in the past, including bombing hospitals. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)61125-9/fulltext It’s also known that Israel has used civilians (including children) as human shields. As an official policy from 1967 to 2005, & unofficially since then. https://www.btselem.org/topic/human_shields https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde150152009en.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/09/11/israel-depth-look-gaza-school-attacks
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