Hamas Political Bureau Member Izzat al-Rishk harshly criticized the Nazi occupation army’s use of Palestinian prisoners as human shields in its operations in the Gaza Strip. In a written statement, he stated that this action was a full-fledged war crime.
“The addition of the crime of human shields, in addition to the abuses that Palestinian prisoners and captives are subjected to, such as starvation, humiliation and harassment, is a clear violation of international conventions, laws and agreements. “This violates all the laws of war and the rights of prisoners,” Rishk said.
Rishk also noted that such violations in the occupied Palestinian territory include serious crimes such as “deliberate medical neglect, deprivation of food and medicine, amputation, slow killing and field executions.” He called on the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to add the crime of human shields to the war crimes dossier in which the occupation leaders are tried.
- Israeli soldiers recently wounded three young people in a raid on a house in Jenin, used them as human shields and prevented aid teams from intervening.
