Col. Kemp tells UNHRC it’s become “tool of Hamas’ murderous strategy”

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43. Your human-shielding comparison is ridiculous

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Hamas deliberately places rockets in schools, mosques, apartment complexes, hospitals, and UN facilities....choosing to also fire from those locations. They are purposely looking to shield within civilian populations. Hamas builds its infrastructure within civilian populations.

With Tel Aviv, it's the exact opposite. The civilian population grew up around existing military facilities. Happens here in America too, as army bases tend to attract civilians for jobs.

Regardless, Hamas doesn't try to hit just the military. They deliberately go for the civilian population, just as Arab armies have done since before 1948.

I notice you have yet to condemn Hamas' depraved strategy to maximize civilian casualties for PR purposes.

As to the 1:1 ratio, the UN was wrong in the 2009 war when it claimed 70% civilian casualties. Hamas eventually admitted it was 50%, which is what the IDF had claimed back then. Same situation here.

I'm amazed you take the UN seriously. In their recent report, they didn't condemn Hamas even once. They deny Hamas' human shielding. They claimed Hamas was trying to "warn" Israeli civilians about incoming rockets, even though it's obvious Hamas was gloating about it. Finally, the UN report claimed there's no reason to believe the terror tunnels going into Israel are any threat to Israeli civilians.

With a record like that, why do you trust the UN against Israel?