https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli-soldier-palestinians-human-shields-gaza/

    https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-03-30/ty-article-opinion/.premium/in-gaza-almost-every-idf-platoon-keeps-a-human-shield-a-sub-army-of-palestinian-slaves/00000195-e627-deaf-a397-f6674e390000

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-soldier-says-every-idf-unit-keeps-palestinian-human-shield

    When a military accused of war crimes investigates itself, the outcome is predictably hollow. A senior Israeli officer’s anonymous testimony, published in Haaretz, exposes a chilling systemic protocol codenamed “mosquito”, a procedure that forcibly uses Palestinian civilians as human shields during raids in Gaza. These individuals are referred to internally as “shawish,” a term that reduces them to disposable tools in what the officer describes as a “sub-army of slaves.” The scale is staggering: entire brigades rely on this practice, with platoons reportedly using at least one “shawish” per day to clear buildings ahead of soldiers.

    Commanders openly defend the protocol as “necessary” despite readily available alternatives like robots, drones, or military dogs. The officer dismisses the army’s claim of a “dog shortage” as a flimsy excuse, arguing the real reason is speed, not safety. Meanwhile, the Israeli military admits to only six internal investigations into human shield allegations — a number the whistleblower calls laughably inadequate, insisting “over a thousand” would be needed for genuine accountability.

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) looms as a potential threat, with the officer warning that this protocol constitutes a “crime even the army now admits.” If this were Russia, China, or Iran, headlines would scream for weeks. But when Israel is implicated, the silence speaks volumes……

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