Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Russian agency: Russia will conduct a nuclear test if the US does
Al-Nakhalah: We are the rightful owners, and we must fight to retrieve our rights
Al-Nakhalah: The enemy and its allies must know that we can never surrender to their terms and diktats after all the sacrifices made
Al-Nakhalah: The prisoner exchange clause can be completed in the next few days, and thus we will have pulled the [explosion] fuse and removed the enemy's justifications for aggression
Al-Nakhalah: The Resistance has expressed its willingness to negotiate on the basis that there are items that can be dealt with positively, the first of which is the prisoner exchange item
Al-Nakhalah: Trump's plan entails the Palestinian people's declaration of complete surrender to the enemy
PIJ Secretary-General, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, in an address aired on Al Mayadeen: The Resistance is engaging in a fierce negotiating battle under the so-called Trump plan
Russian Federation Council approves joint military cooperation agreement with Cuba
Al-Nunu: Today, the lists of prisoners required to be released, the agreed-upon criteria and numbers, were exchanged
Al-Nunu from Sharm el-Sheikh: Negotiations focused on mechanisms for implementing an end to the war, the withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip, and the exchange of prisoners

Israeli cmdr killed Palestinian used as human shield in Gaza: Report

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: News websites
  • 8 Jan 2025 20:14
  • 6 Shares
3 Min Read

The Palestinian man was compelled by Israeli occupation forces to serve as a human shield while they searched buildings in Khan Younis.

Listen
  • x
  • Palestinian used as human shield
    An Israeli soldier adjusts his night vision goggles as his unit prepares to enter the Gaza Strip at the Gaza border in southern occupied Palestine, on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 (AP)

An Israeli military commander shot dead a Palestinian man who had been used as a human shield in Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

According to The Hottest Place in Hell, an independent investigative journalism website, the Palestinian man was compelled by Israeli occupation forces to serve as a human shield while they searched buildings in Khan Younis and was subsequently shot and killed by a commander in the military's Nahal Brigade.

The report noted that the Palestinian man had authorization to be in the area. However, the army commander, upon identifying him as Palestinian, reportedly took out a rifle and shot him. The commander was allegedly unaware that the man was permitted to be inside the building being searched.

The Israeli occupation military said that "the incident was investigated by the brigade commander, and the findings have been implemented during troops’ current operations."

In August, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the Israeli military had used Palestinians as human shields during building searches in Gaza after soldiers were told "our lives are more important than their lives."

The Middle East Monitor news website noted that the use of Palestinians as human shields by the Israeli military has been a longstanding practice during operations in the occupied territories. This policy, referred to as the "neighbor procedure", was first introduced in 2002 in the occupied West Bank, the website added.

Related News

Every 2 days, 13 Palestinians amputated, 6 paralyzed or blinded

Lists of prisoners to be released exchanged: Hamas on ceasefire talks

'Mosquito Protocol'; when IOF use Gaza detainees as human shields: CNN

In late October, CNN reported, citing an Israeli soldier and five former Palestinian detainees, that the Israeli occupation forces forced Palestinians into potentially booby-trapped houses and tunnels in Gaza, using them to avoid endangering their troops.

The soldier revealed that his unit detained two Palestinians with the explicit intent of using them as human shields to navigate hazardous areas, emphasizing that this practice is common among Israeli units in Gaza.

“We told them to enter the building before us,” he told CNN, adding that “if there are any booby traps, they will explode and not us.”

This method is referred to as the “Mosquito Protocol”, according to the report.

CNN mentioned that the full extent of the practice by the IOF is not well known. Nonetheless, the testimonies from the soldier and five civilians indicate that it was widespread throughout the besieged Strip, particularly in northern Gaza, Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah.

In a similar report, a New York Times investigation revealed that Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents have been coercing detained Palestinians in Gaza to carry out life-threatening reconnaissance missions to avoid risking the lives of Israeli soldiers on the battlefield.

Palestinian abductees in Gaza have reportedly been forced to scout areas in Gaza where the Israeli military suspects Resistance fighters may have laid traps or prepared ambushes.

Read more: UN Special Rapporteur slams Israeli use of Palestinian as human shield

  • Gaza Strip
  • war on Gaza
  • Palestine
  • IOF
  • Israel
  • Gaza genocide
  • Khan Younis
  • Gaza
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Tucker Carlson speaks at a memorial for Charlie Kirk, Sunday, September 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona (AP)

Tucker Carlson: Israeli officers gave orders on Iran inside Pentagon

  • Politics
  • 2 Oct 2025
A Hamas fighter in combat fatigues stands before the ceremony for the handover of Israeli captives to the Red Cross in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, February 22, 2025 (AP)

Hamas responds to Trump plan, backs Gaza withdrawal, exchange

  • Politics
  • 3 Oct 2025
ap

'Israel' pays influencers $7K per post to whitewash Gaza genocide

  • Politics
  • 1 Oct 2025
Mossad’s secret role in Aldo Moro’s 1978 murder revealed

Mossad’s secret role in Aldo Moro’s 1978 murder exposed

  • Politics
  • 5 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
Retired Israeli General Brik says Israel has reached point of no return.
Politics

Retired Israeli General Brik: 'Israel has reached point of no return'

Depleted by foreign wars, US seeks to re-arm for another confrontation
Politics

Depleted by foreign wars, US seeks to re-arm for another confrontation

Gaza’s newborns gasp for life as hospitals collapse amid Israeli war
Health

Gaza newborns gasp for life, share oxygen masks amid collapsed system

UK arms exports to 'Israel' reach record high despite ban calls
Politics

UK arms exports to 'Israel' reach record high despite ban calls

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS