Gaza Residents Share Allegations of Abuse, Claim Israeli Soldiers Used Them as Human Shields

Israel killed his son, destroyed his home, and bombed his son’s car.

Source: http://www.alternet.org

By: Max Blumenthal

Mahmoud Abu Said could hardly speak about what happened to him when the soldiers first arrived to his neighborhood. His eyes filled with tears, the muscles in his face began to twitch, and his voice faltered. As the baby-faced, 19-year-old resident of Rafah in Southern Gaza recounted how Israeli soldiers used him as a human shield, torturing and then kidnapping him, he collapsed into a plastic chair.