One can say Hamas hides among the civilian population, as if the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv is not located in the heart of a civilian population, as if there are places in Gaza that are not in the heart of a civilian population. One can also claim that Hamas uses children as human shields, as if in the past our own organizations fighting to establish a country did not recruit children.

A significant majority of the children killed in Gaza did not die because they were used as human shields or because they worked for Hamas. They were killed because the IDF bombed, shelled or fired at them, their families or their apartment buildings. That is why the blood of Gaza’s children is on our hands, not on Hamas’ hands, and we will never be able to escape that responsibility. (more…)

• BROWSE / IN TIMELINE
• « Bombing the UN
• » PCHR: 19th Day of Continuous Attacks

• BROWSE / IN Hamas Israel Military Occupation Palestine War Crimes
• « Bombing the UN
• » PCHR: 19th Day of Continuous Attacks