Sentence examples for use of human shields from inspiring English sources

Tellingly, the report provides eyewitness evidence of Hamas's well-documented use of human shields.

Israel, meanwhile, does not have an unblemished record in the use of human shields.

Ongoing abuses include torture, killings, forced labor, the use of human shields and other abuses we believe constitute war crimes.

Even as allied warplanes pounded military sites in Baghdad today, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld condemned Iraq's use of "human shields" at various targets.

The use of human shields, in the way Hamas uses the civilian population of Gaza, is a war crime, as is its firing of rockets at Israeli civilians.

There was no independent confirmation of the claim, but rebels said the Gaddafi regime has long made use of human shields.

The overall report was criticized in the 47-nation Council by Israel's ambassador Aharon Leshno Yar, who said it "willfully ignores and downplays the terrorist and other threats we face," and the use by Hamas of human shields.

Worth noting that Amnesty DID find evidence of human shields being used in its Cast Lead report.....by Israel — Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer)July 21 , 2014

While many Western officials have accused the Qaddafi forces of using human shields, they have yet to produce explicit evidence.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of using human shields to gather "telegenically dead Palestinians for their cause".

Islamic State fighters have taken "tens of thousands" of people hostage and are herding them towards the city of Mosul for use as human shields as the battle for the militant group's last major Iraqi stronghold intensifies, the United Nations has said.