Interview · moment 4 of 28
Debunking the 'Human Shields' and Hospital Command Center Claims
from Bonus Episode: Abby Martin
3 min
Guest
Tim raises Israel's argument that Hamas hides among civilians and under hospitals; Abby disputes this, citing civilian casualty numbers (20,000 dead, 70% women/children) and arguing there's no evidence for human shields or underground command centers.
- Holocaust scholars and Israeli historians have filed formal charges against Blinken and Biden for complicity in genocide.
- Israel's response to October 7th involves committing genocide against Palestinians, not just counterterrorism.
- Israel's stated argument: they're targeting Hamas fighters, not civilians, and Hamas embeds itself in civilian areas.
- The claim that Hamas command centers are located under hospitals is presented as justification for strikes.
- 20,000 people killed so far, with only 1,000 claimed to be fighters—70% women and children, 8,000 children dead.
- UN officials and war zone documentarians call this unprecedented carnage and slaughter, never seen anything like it.
- Israel targets hospitals, schools, and mosques where civilians shelter while claiming to hit underground Hamas—the logic doesn't hold.
- There is no evidence for human shields and no evidence for command centers under hospitals.