I don't get the human shield argument - that nearly 6000 people are now dead because Hamas were standing next to them. So every time a family's house is blown up, or a school, or a church, or an ambulance or hospital, there are also Hamas terrorists holding people there at gun point and telling them not to leave?
You'll battle to get the facts on this I think.
Hamas are known to use human shields and civilian infrastructure, yes.
Hamas also has fairly crude rockets, so the rate of their own rockets mis-firing and hitting Gazan targets is high.
And its in their interest to claim eleventy million dead every time someone in Israel sneezes.
But - believing fully in the "human shield argument" means making some assumptions about the IDF and the way that they do/n't value civilian life in Gaza and how they do/n't moderate their actions according to what they find - so if there are five known terrorists, armed, on the roof of a hospital, is that a reason to destroy the building and its occupants or hold back for the sake of civilian lives? And it's very difficult to get an accurate picture, because neither side's claims can be taken at face value really. And there are hostages in the mix of course.
As I keep saying on these threads, it's an utter mess.
As a Jew I want to believe that the IDF is acting in a moral way. But I need to see it.