Hamas: pictures of children being used as human shields

Netanyahu reveals photo of children playing near Hamas rocket launcher

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks about the photograph as he addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Photo: Reuters

Hamas concealed missiles in civilian neighborhoods during the Gaza conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged Monday as he provided photographic proof to the UN.

“Hamas deliberately placed its rockets where Palestinian children live and play,” he told the General Assembly, displaying a chilling picture of kids amid weaponry.

“It shows two Hamas rocket launchers, which were used to attack us. You see three children playing next to them. Hamas deliberately put its rockets in hundreds of residential areas like this. Hundreds of them,” he added.

Critics claim Israel perpetrated genocide by firing its rockets into Gaza.

Netanyahu reacted angrily to the accusation leveled against a nation where many citizens fled from the Holocaust.

“Israel was using its missiles to protect its children. Hamas was using its children to protect its missiles,” the prime minister seethed. “It used schools, not just schools — UN schools, private homes, mosques, even hospitals to store and fire rockets at Israel.”

He angrily contrasted Hamas’ tactics with those of Israel — and blasted the UN’s Human Rights Council for what he called a double standard in condemning Israel.

“Israel, which took unprecedented steps to minimize civilian casualties, Israel is condemned. Hamas, which both targeted and hid behind civilians, that’s a double war crime, Hamas is given a pass,” Netanyahu said.