Hamas human shield

Hamas, not the IDF, endangers Gazan civilians - opinion

International law makes Hamas, not Israel, responsible for civilian harm, yet much of the world continues to misjudge the situation.

A BOY holds a sign that reads: ‘We will not be displaced. Stop our extermination,’ this week in Gaza City. Hamas, not Israel, is responsible for civilian harm, yet much of the world continues to misjudge the situation, the writer argues.
A DAMAGED Israeli flag flies in the Gaza Strip amid destruction, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, earlier this month. Hamas is using Israel to harm as many Gazans as possible, creating and exacerbating a humanitarian crisis, the writer maintains.

Leaving Gaza is the only way to defeat Hamas - opinion

Footage of the armed terrorists and the falsely marked World Central Kitchen vehicle last week.

WATCH: Hamas uses fake WCK humanitarian vehicle to target IDF soldiers in Gaza

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. May 9, 2025.

IDF to probe claims of soldiers using human shields in Gaza 'if details provided'


Hamas uses civilians as human shields, Gazan journalist states

Saftawi says it's the first time in a decade that he's been able to speak on this publicly.

 IDF soldiers clear a tunnel in the Gaza Strip

Hamas returning to initial war zones after IDF withdrawal in specific areas

Gaza residents say that Israeli airstrikes are returning to the same areas Hamas formerly withdrew from.

 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, January 21, 2024

Children, women and the elderly: Hamas observers who pass info to Sinwar

Sinwar has a massive network of people who seem like innocent civilians but are actually passing information to him. The planner of the October 7 massacre uses children in his network.

 A boy wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh takes part in a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian children in Gaza Strip, Istanbul, Turkey, December 23, 2023

IDF uncovers, destroys explosive devices in UNRWA kindergarten in West Bank

Many weapons and other pieces of military equipment were confiscated and destroyed besides those found in the kindergarten. 

 Israeli forces destroy explosives in the West Bank on January 4, 2024.

Stop being ‘the most moral military in the world’ - opinion

Israel remains committed to conducting “humane” warfare, seeking pride in being deemed “the most moral military in the world,” even if it comes at the cost of lethality and operational success.

 SMOKE RISES over Gaza yesterday. Israel needs to communicate unequivocally with the US administration, asserting its view that the entire Gaza Strip is deemed a terrorist territory, says the writer.

A plea for Islamic voices against using human shields - opinion

Hamas and Hezbollah’s use of civilians as human shields is not only a serious violation of international laws of war, but it also stands in stark contradiction to the teachings of the Quran.

 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Cheif Major General Hossein Salami speaks at an anti-Israel protest in Tehran on Saturday. The IRGC trained Hezbollah to use human shields, say the writers.

Shifa Hospital anticlimax: 200 Hamas forces evaporate into thin air? - analysis

Why did the IDF find more traces of hostages and more powerful weapons at the Rantisi Hospital only a few days ago?

 Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023.

ICC puts burden on Israel to prove Hamas uses human shields - analysis

Post-October 7, the ICC is far more committed to delving into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – and potentially the IDF’s conduct – than what top Israeli lawyers had hoped for.

 THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court in The Hague.

Israel continues to shape the battlefield in Gaza - analysis

On the eighteenth day of the war Israel struggles with the waiting phrase before an expected ground incursion; dealing with humanitarian issues and continued strikes 

 Palestinians inspect the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2023

Hamas seen blocking evacuation routes in Gaza - IDF

Analysts noted that a car bombing seemed to target the evacuation routes in Gaza on Saturday.

 Roadblocks set up by Hamas on evacuation routes designed by the IDF in Gaza.