It has been happening for months in Gaza, on a huge scale, and no media coverage whatsoever. And, if the Hamas health ministry is to be believed, over 30,000 of the civilians, including women and children, who were being used to shield military targets in Gaza did not survive the ordeal.

Over 30,000 human shields dead.

Thank goodness for a single account alleging the use of Mr. Abu Ras as a human shield finally making it!

as I am reminded by the appearance of this article of the otherwise deafening silence by the media in acknowledging 30,000 instances in which human shields perished. Something that makes me wonder what kept them so silent for so long.

in front of him to protect himself and Hamas embedding with civilians to protect themselves. As you have told me many times that is a war crime. Ergo Israel is now committing a war crime. I am sure you will call them out on it.

Or even 15,000 to one...or even 1,000 to one...whatever is comfortable for you to believe.

The 'suddenly human shields are important, but only for Palestinians 'is blatent hypocrisy.

I would still say that there is a bit of a difference. One would be using civilians from the other side as a human shield. It would also be fair to point out that Hamas might be doing the same with Israeli civilians as well though with their captors. Two would be using them to advance on what they perceive as possible enemy as the IDF soldier did. Three would be there is video of it. As I said I think that is a bit different but in all cases using human shields is just plain wrong and a crime on both sides.

Otherwise, there is absolutely no difference whether a human shield is used in front of a military target, behind it, on top of it or below it, or if the military target is a human, a tank, a building or any other military asset.

But there is one difference you did not mention, that of using a enemy civilian to protect yourself while moving into danger. That is different indeed.
https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/ZiewtkbZJLXBiw9QWLP2Cw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjc-/https://media.zenfs.com/en/aol_reuters_29/83d794c6de45de2dfacbc535a1c401ea

Assuming the facts match the account of an enemy civilian being used to protect an IDF soldier while moving into danger, this is indeed a crime.

Better?

If the difference I have stated is not important to you then you are free to say so. No need for you to keep saying the same thing.

But feel free to keep beating a dead horse while I enjoy the rest of my day.

Buh-bye.

Using human shields is not an Israeli military strategy, and there is no Israeli government policy that calls for the military to install itself in, around, and under civilian infrastructure. Israel protects all of its citizens from any strategy that deliberately puts them in harms way, including the 2,100,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel.

Court martial the two soldiers to ensure that this does not become a pattern, but to conflate these two soldiers with "Israel" as a whole is, at its very best, a hasty generalization.