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Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.

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By Natan Odenheimer, Bilal Shbair, and Patrick Kingsley
Natan Odenheimer, Bilal Shbair and Patrick Kingsley interviewed 16 Israeli soldiers and officials who knew about the practice, as well as three Palestinians, on the record, who were forced to take part in it.

Oct. 14, 2024 Updated 8:53 a.m. ET

  • Mac
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    12 hours ago

    The war in Gaza began last October when Hamas and its allies committed widespread atrocities in Israel before retreating into underground tunnels to escape a devastating Israeli counterattack that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

    Oh, Hamas started the whole thing, did they?
    What happened to:

    The Israeli military employed a similar practice, known as the “neighbor procedure,” in Gaza and the West Bank in the early 2000s.

    Maybe they’re referring to the current form of the conflict but i think this wording is disingenuous, to say the least.