JFJFPIn Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves – JFJFP

In Gaza, almost all active Israeli army teams use Palestinians as a human shield at least six times a day. This is said by a superior officer (the equivalent of colonel, lieutenant colonel or major in the Italian army), with an anonymous testimony sent to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. “I served in Gaza for nine months and I first encountered these procedures, called the 'mosquito protocol', in December 2023,” the testimony reads. “Then I didn't…

JFJFPIn Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves – JFJFP

Soldiers in Gaza, July 2024 An anonymous senior officer in a non-reservist brigade writes in Haaretz on 30 March 2025: In Gaza, human shields are used by Israeli soldiers at least six times a day. I served in Gaza for nine months, and first came across these procedures, called “mosquito protocol” in December 2023. It was only two months into the ground offensive, long before there was a shortage of dogs from the IDF’s canine unit, Oketz, who wer…