An investigation by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, published on its website on Tuesday evening, confirmed what Al Jazeera published more than a month ago about the Israeli occupation army using detainees from Gaza as human shields.

According to the investigation, the Israeli army brings in detainees and forces them to enter tunnels, houses, high-rise buildings, and other places in order to comb them to ensure that there are no ambushes, militants, or explosive devices.

According to the Hebrew newspaper, these detainees are being used in more than one area in the Gaza Strip, and this is done with the knowledge of senior officers in the Israeli army, including the office of Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

Some soldiers, in their testimonies, considered their lives more important than the lives of Palestinians.