And we used human shields as protection." Tommy said his commander ordered his unit to use Gazan civilians to search buildings for explosives instead of dogs. "They were Palestinian," he said.

The use of Palestinian civilians as human shields has been an Israeli army policy during its war on Gaza, according to the testimony of a senior officer in a non-reservist brigade. "In Gaza ...

(Representational) Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike Yousef, a 36-year-old father of five from northern Gaza, recounted his harrowing experience of ...