Overnight, Israel agreed to a cease-fire with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah — a major turning point in one of the wars the country has been fighting since Hamas attacked it on Oct. 7. But the war in Gaza shows no sign of ending, and Israel’s conduct there is coming under increased scrutiny.
A New York Times investigation has examined one controversial tactic: the Israeli use of Palestinian detainees as human shields.
Natan Odenheimer, a contributing reporter for The Times, explains what the investigation revealed, and what the tactic says about the nature of the conflict.
Guest: Natan Odenheimer (https://www.nytimes.com/by/natan-odenheimer) , a contributing reporter for The New York Times.
Background reading:
• A Times investigation (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-human-shields.html) found that Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents, throughout the war in Gaza, have regularly forced captured Palestinians to conduct life-threatening reconnaissance missions to avoid putting Israeli soldiers at risk on the battlefield.
• As the cease-fire in Lebanon takes effect, follow live updates (https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/27/world/israel-hezbollah-lebanon-cease-fire) .
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As I listened more, the most damning question asked. “Was he hurt?” The Kitten????
Which Palestinians are they using? Criminals! Why are they criminals? Because they wanted to kill Israel’s. Soooo, Israeli’s saved Palestinian human shields from Hamas and instead said, ‘how does it feel??’ NYT is pathetic!
Is this real? Or is it like the Pulitzer Prize the Times kept for their work on Trump/Russia which turned out to be completely fake? Or is this fake, like the lab leak theory, which turned out to be completely true? The problem with destroying your credibility is that it is not easily rebuilt.
Don’t forget that Israel also uses its own civilian population as human shields. Ronen Bergman in a NYT piece from May 21, 2021 titled “A Look Inside Israel’s ‘Fortress of Zion’ Military Command Beneath Tel Aviv” reported:
“This room is the nerve center of a bunker dubbed the “Fortress of Zion,” a new Israeli Army command post deep underground beneath its headquarters in the heart of Tel Aviv.”
This command and control center violates the laws of war by operating within a high-density civilian area. It is just next door to Ichilov – the largest maternity hospital in Tel Aviv.
Because with Israel, every accusation is a confession.
Also known as the “neighbor procedure” as practiced by the IDF since 1967 (source: Btselem). Because with Israel, every accusation is a confession.