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Related: About this forumSurvivors of massacre in Khuza’a say Israeli forces used Palestinians as human shields
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/survivors-massacre-palestinians.htmlOver 150 of its residents were arrested by Israeli forces. Most of them were released, others are still in detention. Rescue calls were made live on the local radio stations, as many residents were besieged in their homes, unable to leave. Those who managed to leave came under fire as they were fleeing.
Ayman Abu Toaimah, 32, a resident of Khuzaa recalls, As Israeli invading troops advanced to the village they besieged it and used residents as human shields. When the Israeli army arrested people and then released some of them, they were told they are free to go back to the village, but as they were fleeing they came under fire and some of them shot dead. These people were used as human shields.
Abu Saleem, 56, a resident of Khuzaa echoed Abu Toaimah, Israelis claim that Hamas is using us as human shields how? This is a lie, we do not see fighters in the streets. Its them, the Israelis who used us as human shields in Khuzaa and Shujaiyeh. They turned our houses into military posts, terrified residents in the houses. They attacked innocent civilians with their bombs, and missiles, they attacked chicken farms, they burned our crops, they have no mercy.
What happened in Khuzaa was a massacre. Civilians were killed in their homes and while they were fleeing. Even ambulances were not immune. Paramedics report that Israeli forces stopped ambulances that were trying to reach casualties and tried to arrest a number of wounded. Ambulances came under fire despite the coordination by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Scenes of dead bodies scattered in the streets reminiscent of the Sabra and Shatila massacre that took place in two Palestinian refugee camps in 1982 have begun to leak out of the village.
Ayman Abu Toaimah, 32, a resident of Khuzaa recalls, As Israeli invading troops advanced to the village they besieged it and used residents as human shields. When the Israeli army arrested people and then released some of them, they were told they are free to go back to the village, but as they were fleeing they came under fire and some of them shot dead. These people were used as human shields.
Abu Saleem, 56, a resident of Khuzaa echoed Abu Toaimah, Israelis claim that Hamas is using us as human shields how? This is a lie, we do not see fighters in the streets. Its them, the Israelis who used us as human shields in Khuzaa and Shujaiyeh. They turned our houses into military posts, terrified residents in the houses. They attacked innocent civilians with their bombs, and missiles, they attacked chicken farms, they burned our crops, they have no mercy.
What happened in Khuzaa was a massacre. Civilians were killed in their homes and while they were fleeing. Even ambulances were not immune. Paramedics report that Israeli forces stopped ambulances that were trying to reach casualties and tried to arrest a number of wounded. Ambulances came under fire despite the coordination by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Scenes of dead bodies scattered in the streets reminiscent of the Sabra and Shatila massacre that took place in two Palestinian refugee camps in 1982 have begun to leak out of the village.
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Survivors of massacre in Khuza’a say Israeli forces used Palestinians as human shields (Original Post)
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jul 2014
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(7,784 posts)1. Not the first time
Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/us-palestinian-israel-children-idUSBRE95J0FR20130620
'IDF troops used 11-year-old boy as human shield in Gaza'
http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-troops-used-11-year-old-boy-as-human-shield-in-gaza-1.272716
Report claims Israelis used Palestinians as human shields
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/15/israel.gaza.report/
4now
(1,596 posts)2. Now we see who is really using human shields
the IDF.