Summary
The name Debunking the Genocide Allegations gives to the reported unlawful use of Gazan detainees to detect IEDs, which the work calls reprehensible and says must be ended and punished (Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, PDF p.90).
Details
- The practice is raised alongside the testimony of a detained and shackled Palestinian forcibly sent to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis to order those present to evacuate: Israeli court rulings clarified as early as 2005 the explicit prohibition in Geneva Convention IV against using civilians for military purposes, including conveying warnings to other Palestinians (PDF p.90).
- “If only for this reason, and even in cases where actual harm did not occur, these claims warrant thorough investigation, alongside recurring reports of the unlawful use of Gazan detainees to detect IEDs (a reprehensible practice known as the ‘Mosquito Procedure’)” (PDF p.90).
- The military command, the work says, must take immediate, effective steps to end this forbidden practice and punish those responsible (PDF p.90).
Related pages
Debunking the Genocide Allegations: A Reexamination of the Israel-Hamas War from October 7, 2023 to June 1, 2025, Gaza