Israel's Military Aborts Bombing Mission to avoid Innocent Deaths in Gaza Strike - Hamas Uses Own People as Human Shields

July 16, 2014

Here are two videos showing how the IDF cares to make strikes against Hamas, and will abort missions if they feel innocent children or adult civilians may be hurt or killed.

Hamas, on the other hand, will hide their missile launch systems in highly populated areas in order to use children and adult civilians as human shields.

Hamas terrorists continued shooting rockets at Israel today as air raid sirens sounded all over the country including in Jerusalem. But the international media’s focus on the conflict continues to be the rising toll of Palestinian civilian casualties. Yet, as with previous conflicts, not much attention is being paid to the way Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields.As I noted yesterday, even the New York Times found it necessary to report that the Israel Defense Forces are issuing warnings to Palestinians living in and around Hamas missile launchers and operations center in Gaza. But having decided to escalate another round of violence by launching hundreds of rockets into Israel, the Islamist group is still hoping to use the presence of Palestinian civilians around legitimate military targets as a weapon against the Jewish state.In the past, this merely meant putting missile launchers next to schools, hospitals, and mosques as well among civilian homes in the densely populated strip. But as Israel has stepped up its efforts to try and spare civilians even as it seeks to silence the terrorist fire, Hamas has also increased its efforts to ensure that as many inhabitants of Gaza as possible are hurt in the fighting. -Commentary Magazine

They also tell their own people to ignore Israel’s warnings and instead be ready to die for Hamas!
 

Hamas’ Interior Ministry has ordered residents of the Gaza Strip to remain in their houses if they are about to be bombed by the Israelis, a move that effectively turns citizens into human shields and is intentionally meant to boost the casualty rate, according to a copy of the order published by Hamas.Israel warns Gaza residents of air strikes before they take place so innocent civilians have time to flee and seek shelter.The latest Hamas order that citizens ignore Israel’s warnings and stay put is a clear effort by the terror group to increase the death count and apply pressure on Israel to cease its military campaign meant to end Hamas’s attacks. -Washington Free Beacon

By Mark Matheny