Confirmed (again): Hamas used hospitals to launch rockets during 2014 Gaza conflict
June 13, 2017
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Hamas provoked the 2014 Gaza war through relentless rocket launches at Israel.
In retaliating, Israel faced a dilemma -- Hamas used the Gaza civilian population as human shields. Hamas also intimidated journalist into trying to cover up this human shield strategy so that the media focused primarily on the civilians killed or injured when Israel attacked rocket launch sites.
And it worked. Civilian casualties (which were exaggerated by Hamas-controlled Gaza health authorities) created a media and international firestorm meant to limit Israel's ability to defend itself.