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Originally Posted by Chill Cosby
Hamas did indeed instruct people not to listen to the "psychological warfare" from Israel, and that they believed the fighting would be short lives and people were at greater risk on the move than they were in their own homes.
It was part of their plan to utilise human shields, not thinking Israel would (or daring them to) fire on civilian homes.
That said, IDF has used human shields fairly recently, and was pretty insistent on their right to use them as effective means, so even the whole morality of human shields doesn't necessarily weigh in Israel's favour.
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Wow that's a real nice way of spinning it. I really doubt Hamas even considered the length of the war as their overall policy has always been to maximize death to gain international condemnation of Israel and Israeli policies. It is written into their "constitution" as it were. They did definitely dared Israel to hit civilian homes when they started putting weapons in them.
The big difference here between Hamas and Israel is Israeli courts ordered the IDF to stop using human shield tactics over 3 years ago. Although the IDF appealed, it has since stopped doing it. In the context of the current conflict, this is a moral non-issue on the Israeli side.
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In response, the IDF said that it had forbidden the use of Palestinians as human shields against attacks or as hostages, but did not rule out their use "in situations in which this aid would enable [the army] to refrain from military activity that could cause even greater damage to local residents, to soldiers and to property."
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...154142,00.html
http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-to-a...ctice-1.171689
http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-to-a...ctice-1.171689