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2024-02-12 23:36:35 UTC - HELPFUL
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While the IDF has used human shields in the past, this was outlawed and enforced back in 2005, almost 20 years ago. Hamas has used human shields as a strategy - it co-located its command centers, attack tunnels and rocket launchers in and around civilians. https://apnews.com/article/european-union-condemn-hamas-human-shields-2c0d1c04cb38fc4acce37d8d624e1a3f https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-unwra-gaza-tunnels-31f6ca23365e349bcde1332d5028e431 https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/11/01/hamas-officials-admit-its-strategy-is-to-use-palestinian-civilians-as-human-shields/
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