New photo by Israeli soldier confirms use of Palestinians as human shields

An image shot – and apparently posted to social media – by an Israeli soldier confirms reports that occupation troops used older Palestinians as human shields – an unequivocal war crime – during their genocide in Gaza. The image has been re-shared by Israel Genocide Tracker, an account that documents Israel’s war crimes.

The image shows two older Palestinian men, bound and stripped to their underwear, being forced into a wrecked Gaza building. The vantage point of the photographer makes clear that it was taken by an Israeli soldier:

Materials submitted by soldiers’ friends confess that troops used kidnapped Palestinians, mostly elderly, as human shields on a daily basis.

When injured or exhausted, the victims were instructed to walk into designated killing zones to be gunned down by other units. pic.twitter.com/lqv0KykvwT

— Israel Genocide Tracker (@trackingisrael) October 27, 2025

Israel’s impunity

Reports suggest the men, who have been identified, were later shot dead, in line with occupation policy already reported in Israeli media that hostages used as human shields were killed once they became too weak or injured to serve their abductors’ purposes.

🚨Further details:

After verification, the two men in the photo were identified as:
1.Haj Nadi Marouf
2.Haj Ali Marouf

Both were arrested by Israel from their home in Beit Lahiya. After being used as human shields, their relatives found them three days later executed. pic.twitter.com/L8GA4yipZR

— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) October 28, 2025

Israeli troops have so frequently posted photos and videos of themselves committing war crimes that the occupation’s high command has ordered them to stop doing it – but apparently the temptation to boast is too great.

Terrorism expert Professor Richard Jackson said of the new image:

What an inhuman, brutal regime Israel is. There’s no end to its war crimes, but so many in the West still give it unwavering support. Pure racism. Sheer hypocrisy.

Israel has frequently accused Palestinian resistance – as an excuse for bombing Palestinian civilians – of using human shields in Gaza, despite Israeli military bases being embedded among civilian buildings in Israeli cities and even under hospitals.

As the saying goes, ‘Every accusation is a confession.’ This latest image is yet another that confirms it.

Featured image via X/Israel Genocide Tracker