From: efbregg73@gmx-xx.comm   
      
   Report on Hamas' use of human shields in Gaza   
      
   https://stratcomcoe.org/cuploads/pfiles/hamas_human_shields.pdf   
      
   Hamas' most common uses of human shields include:   
      
   * Firing rockets, artillery, and mortars from or in proximity to heavily   
   populated civilian areas, often from or near facilities which should be   
   protected according to the Geneva Convention (e.g. schools, hospitals,   
   or mosques).   
      
   * Locating military or security-related infrastructures such as HQs, bases,   
   armouries, access routes, lathes or defensive positions within or in proximity   
   to civilian areas.   
      
   * Protecting terrorists' houses and military facilities, or rescuing terrorists   
   who were besieged or warned by the IDF.   
      
   * Combating the IDF from or in proximity to residential and commercial areas,   
   including using civilians for intelligence gathering missions.   
      
   By engaging in these acts, Hamas employs a win-win scenario: if indeed the IDF   
   uses kinetic power, and the number of civilian causalities surges, Hamas can   
   use that as a weapon in the lawfare it conducts. It would be able to accuse   
   the IDF (and Israel) of committing war crimes, which in turn could result in   
   the imposition of a wide array of sanctions. On the other hand, if the IDF   
   limits   
   its use of military power in Gaza to avoid collateral damage, Hamas will be   
   less   
   vulnerable to Israeli attacks, and thereby able to protect its assets while   
   continuing to fight.   
      
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