Israeli Soldiers in Gaza Used 80-Year-Old as Human Shield Before Killing Him and His Wife

A senior Israeli officer in Gaza tied an explosive around the neck of an 80-year-old Palestinian man to force him to act as a human shield, and the man and his wife were later killed by Israeli soldiers, the Israeli media outlet The Hottest Place in Hell has reported.

Israeli soldiers present at the scene told the media outlet that the incident occurred in May 2024 in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood. Israeli soldiers found the elderly couple in their home, who said they didn’t evacuate due to mobility issues.

“They said they had nowhere to run and that they couldn’t evacuate to Khan Younis. The man was walking with a cane, and they said they simply wouldn’t be able to walk all the way there,” one of the soldiers said.

The Israeli soldiers then separated the man from his wife and tied an explosive to him, threatening that his head would be blown off if he tried to run away even though he had a cane.