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August 4th, 2014
11:43 PM ET
Did Hamas really use human shields?
Israel claims that Hamas is intentionally putting Palestinian civilians in harms way. Randi Kaye takes a closer look at what the Israeli military says is evidence that Hamas has developed a strategy of using human shields.
Chris Gunness is the spokesman for the United Nation's Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees. He says the one thing the U.N. cannot deliver is security.
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Post by: AC360 Filed under: Crisis in Gaza • Gaza • Hamas • Palestine • Randi Kaye |
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See for yourself the Hamas Military Strategy of using the civilian population as "human shields" or whatever you want to call it. Links provided:
1) "Captured Hamas Combat Manual Explains Benefits of Human Shields"
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/04/captured-hamas-combat-manual-explains-benefits-human-shields/
2) "one of Hamas’ main command bunkers is located beneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is one of the worst-kept secrets of the Gaza war"
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/180730/top-secret-hamas-command-bunker-in-gaza-revealed#undefined
3) "Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri: Human-Shield Policy Is Effecive": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ6S0-o3uFI