The Times of Israel reported that former Hamas operatives confirmed that Hamas was using civilians as human shields and in various other ways as cover for their operations in a video that was made public by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). A video showcasing the latest interrogation of Palestinian terror suspects apprehended by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip was made public on Monday. Israel has maintained without fail that the terrorist organization Hamas was using civilians as human shields by, among other things, establishing bases of operations beneath hospitals, firing rockets from shelters and schools, digging tunnel shafts beneath children’s bedrooms, stockpiling weapons in and around mosques and schools, and integrating itself among civilians during the ongoing conflict.
Recently, these captured Hamas terrorists have confirmed some of the human shield claims, explaining, for example, that Hamas knows Israel will not target hospitals, medical centres and facilities.
One of the videos was of Zahdy Ali Zahdy Shahin, identified by the military as a former Hamas operative, who told interrogators of the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 that he felt “we were being used as human shields.”
Shahin further described an incident, stating that he was heading from northern Gaza to the Strip’s south in the humanitarian corridor set up by Israel when apparent Hamas gunmen pulled him and other civilians aside and brought them to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, The Times of Israel reported.
He further explained that he and other civilians were on the ground floor of the hospital, and once IDF forces reached the medical centre, Hamas operatives came out from tunnels and hid among the sheltering civilians.