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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Thanks. But rereading it, Hamas dressing up as civilians is not quite the same as using human shields. It's a deception tactic but it won't really result in civilian casualties until the militants reveal themselves, at which point I'd hope they can be singularly taken out without civilian deaths. Hiding munitions in civilian areas is closer to using human shields than trying to blend in as civilians.
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No it is using human shields.
The rules of war call for combatants to wear uniforms. The reason being they aren't confused with civilians. Hiding among the civilians without a uniform is using them as human shields.