Friday, March 9, 2007

Report: Israeli soliders used children as 'human shields'

posted March 09, 2007 at 11:15 am EST - http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0309/p99s01-duts.html
| csmonitor.com

IDF says it will 'thoroughly' investigate allegations by Israeli human rights group.

The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has accused the Israeli army of using two Palestinian minors as human shields during their operations against militants in the town of Nablus in late February. The group reports on its website that an 11-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, as well as a 24-year-old man were used by the troops in "a flagrant breach of international humanitarian law and [an act that is] is explicitly and clearly prohibited by Israeli military orders. 

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