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Israel/Palestine

lapucelle

(20,074 posts)

5. The alleged incident occured in May and was *reported* by an outlet called "The Hottest Place in Hell" in August.

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Tue Feb 18, 2025, 05:44 PM

Feb 18

Weird how it's getting so much play on the internet in the past few days (9 months later) as if it happened during the current ceasefire, especially when the bodies of the Bibas children are due to be released on Thursday.

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Also weird that the agiprop headline reads

Then *they* killed him

when the man was killed by a different division after his release when he evacuating south.

IDF Reportedly Used Elderly Gazan as Human Shield, Tied Explosive Around His Neck
February 16, 2025

The incident took place in Gaza City, in the neighborhood of Zaytoun, in May.

The IDF said in response that it has yet to hear of the incident. "If more details surface, then another inspection will be undertaken," they said.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-02-16/ty-article/idf-reportedly-used-elderly-gazan-as-human-shield-tied-explosive-around-his-neck/00000195-0e56-d1b4-a7fd-cf7742bf0000