Subscribe to Print Edition | Wed., May 14, 2008 Iyyar 9, 5768 | | Israel Time: 05:35 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
  Back to Homepage
Rosner's Domain
Diplomacy
Defense Jewish World Opinion National
Print Edition
Advertising
Books Peres Conference Business Real Estate Easy Start Travel Week's End Anglo File
Soldiers detaining Palestinian suspects during an arrest operation in the West Bank city of Nablus last week. (Reuters)
Last update - 07:48 09/03/2007
B'Tselem: IDF used Palestinian girl as human shield in Nablus
By Reuters

Israel Defense Forces soldiers used an 11-year-old Palestinian girl as a "human shield" during an operation against militants in the West Bank town of Nablus last week, an Israeli human rights group said on Thursday.

The IDF said it was checking the information from the B'Tselem group, which monitors Israeli actions in the occupied territory. Israeli law bans the military from using human shields.

B'Tselem said the girl, Jihan Daadush, told its interviewers that IDF soldiers had entered her family home and questioned her and her relatives about the whereabouts of gunmen who had fired at them during the raid.
Advertisement
The soldiers, she said, threatened to arrest her unless she led them to a nearby house.

"[A soldier] ordered me to go towards the house," B'Tselem quoted the girl as saying. "Three soldiers walked behind me. When we reached the house, there were a lot of soldiers. The soldiers ordered me to go inside the house and I went inside."

B'Tselem said Jihan told them the soldiers shone flashlights and asked about the rooms of the house. There was no mention in the report of whether troops found militants inside. The girl said two soldiers then returned her home.

"[One of the soldiers] told me, 'Thank you, but don't tell anyone,'" the girl said, according to B'Tselem. "I was afraid they would kill me or put me in jail. I am still afraid the soldiers will invade the city again and take me away."

B'tselem also said the army had used a 15-year-old Palestinian boy and a Palestinian man for a similar purpose during the five-day raid of Nablus, a militant stronghold.

The IDF ended the operation on March 1. During the incursion, troops shot dead a Palestinian civilian who had observed the raid from his rooftop. Soldiers also detained 11 suspected militants
Bookmark to del.icio.us  
 
A few good celebs
Some of Hollywood's top guns congratulate Israel in a clip played in Times Square.
Chosen, shmosen
'Religion is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions,' wrote Albert Einstein.
  1.   Reals heros, those Irrelevant Dummy Forces 20:49  |  Andreas 08/03/07
  2.   BBC Television and Radio have led with this crime 20:51  |  Clickfool 08/03/07
  3.   Cowards 20:52  |  ZacAttack 08/03/07
  4.   The big question for Americans 20:54  |  Clickfool 08/03/07
  5.   Wallahi azin 21:02  |  From the Moon 08/03/07
  6.   Clickfool...sadly, yes 21:11  |  Megnoon 08/03/07
  7.   IDF 21:20  |  socal maverick 08/03/07
  8.   Clickfool and BBC 21:20  |  Philippe 08/03/07
  9.   explosives discovered 21:21  |  la comparsita 08/03/07
  10.   The Beeb, the Guardian and the Independent .. 21:34  |  redmike 08/03/07
  11.   Oh that`s an improvement 21:36  |  Colin Wright 08/03/07
  12.   Clickfool did the BBC have a story about 21:37  |  Jake 08/03/07
  13.   Clickfool, cowardly hiding behind his computer 21:41  |  Jake 08/03/07
  14.   To Clickfool #4 `The big question for Americans.` (I) 21:43  |  Colin Wright 08/03/07
  15.   #3 - bombs in cafes and markets are OK then ? 21:43  |  redmike 08/03/07
  16.   Just when I thought the rot couldn`t run any deeper ... 21:48  |  Survivor`s Child 08/03/07
  17.   #1 - you write from a country soon to be Islamic 21:52  |  redmike 08/03/07
  18.   ckfool #4 `The big question for Americans.` (II) 21:53  |  Colin Wright 08/03/07
  19.   @ What about your heroes shielding themselves... 22:01  |  Karl 08/03/07
  20.   From America 22:10  |  Blitherer 08/03/07
  21.   #4 - American Contributor 22:15  |  Waiting 08/03/07
  22.   Where are the charges? 22:17  |  Tim 08/03/07
  23.   Pals do the same, fight fire with fire, why should Israelis die? 22:30  |  Allon 08/03/07
  24.   Response to Clickfool from an American 22:35  |  ben 08/03/07
  25.   Zak attack-Israel is the most moral country in the world 22:37  |  Daniel Friedman 08/03/07
  26.   Cawards indeed 22:37  |  papa jay 08/03/07
  27.   To ClickFool 22:39  |  Anthony 08/03/07
  28.   # 4 Clickfool 22:46  |  papa jay 08/03/07
  29.   The IDF-soldiers need a supervisor 22:54  |  Alicia 08/03/07
  30.   Human Shields 22:54  |  Racon-tour 08/03/07
  31.   american`s view 22:56  |  edgar 08/03/07
  32.   Peace ahead? 22:59  |  From the Moon 08/03/07
  33.   #4 23:00  |  Randy 08/03/07
  34.   Clickfool #4 23:09  |  Rebekah S 08/03/07
  35.   I do not believe this girl 23:29  |  Avrum 08/03/07
  36.   Antisemite bigots 23:33  |  drew 08/03/07
  37.   Human shield 23:35  |  Olmert 08/03/07
  38.   Clickfool 23:47  |  Paul 08/03/07
  39.   Human Shields - IDF just following the Arab examples 23:49  |  * BEN USA 08/03/07
  40.   If there was a crime then it is none of your business 23:52  |  The Equalizer 08/03/07
  41.   An item for Americans indeed! 23:53  |  Ivar 08/03/07
  42.   Clickfool 00:00  |  Matt 09/03/07
  43.   Where is the crime here? 00:03  |  Ed 09/03/07
  44.   These (blood) libels have been known for a long time&proven bogus 00:04  |  Chanan 09/03/07
  45.   B`Sheker were proven to be liars so many times,lost credibility 00:06  |  Chanan 09/03/07
  46.   Whats worse than IDF using little girls as human shields 00:08  |  Joe 09/03/07
  47.   CONFUSED AMERICAN 00:08  |  DAVID 09/03/07
  48.   Clickfool rigt again 00:10  |  Moose 09/03/07
  49.   CONFUSED AMERICAN 00:10  |  DAVID 09/03/07
  50.   Clickfool 00:15  |  Philippe 09/03/07
  51.   when do palestinians stop fooling around? 00:19  |  maria 09/03/07
  52.   Depressing, But Still Time to Save Soul of Israel 00:22  |  Mohamed MALLECK 09/03/07
  53.   commending the journalistic integrity 00:22  |  Lisa Skapinker 09/03/07
  54.   response to Clickfool`s question 00:32  |  Lisa Skapinker 09/03/07
  55.   Disappointment 00:40  |  J of Hollywood 09/03/07
  56.   David # 20 00:44  |  Philippe 09/03/07
  57.   Ivar 00:46  |  Philippe 09/03/07
  58.   Philippe 00:46  |  Zip 09/03/07
  59.   #21 Ed - the zionist mindset at work 01:03  |  Johnboy 09/03/07
  60.   #34 Mohamed MALLECK 01:04  |  * BEN JABO 09/03/07
  61.   #25 Ed 01:06  |  Racon-tour 09/03/07
  62.   #21 *BEN (JABO?) USA 01:06  |  Maureen Ann 09/03/07
  63.   A little 11 year old Palestinian girl! 01:14  |  Maureen Ann 09/03/07
  64.   #4 CF & #20 Paul - Pro-Palestinian Bias 01:21  |  chet 09/03/07
  65.   to mohamed in canada # 34,so you and your muslim brothers are 01:27  |  terrornator 09/03/07
  66.   open and shut case already? 01:30  |  ben Ish 09/03/07
  67.   11year old pal girl 01:35  |  vladimir 09/03/07
  68.   Clickfool : the big question for Americans 01:40  |  sel 09/03/07
  69.   # 28 Joe- What`s worse? 01:45  |  ChanahS 09/03/07
  70.   #4 respond to Randy 01:46  |  Sel 09/03/07
  71.   the difference between israel and the arabs 01:56  |  jessica 09/03/07
  72.   Human Shield - War Crime 02:24  |  chet 09/03/07
  73.   #34 Ben Jabo #42terrometer 02:48  |