Editing Human shield (section)

==== 1982 Lebanon War ====
During the [[1982 Lebanon War]], the Palestinian refugee camp of [[Ain al-Hilweh]] was surrounded by Israeli forces as the last stronghold of Palestinian militants in southern Lebanon, but "Soldiers of Allah" militants commanded by the Muslim fundamentalist Haj Ibrahim refused to surrender: Their motto was "Victory or death!" Over a two-day period, Israeli forces under the leadership of Brigadier General [[Yitzhak Mordechai]] repeatedly announced "Whoever does not bear arms will not be harmed" and urged civilians in the camp to evacuate, but few did. Three delegations of prominent [[Sidon]] figures were sent to persuade Haj Ibrahim's fighters that "their cause was hopeless, and whoever was willing to lay down his arms would be allowed to leave the camp unharmed." None of the delegations were successful; the first was prevented from approaching the fighters by "a spray of bullets", while the third "returned with the most harrowing tale of all": "Militiamen were shooting civilians who tried to escape. In one particularly grisly incident, three children were shot because their father had suggested calling an end to the fighting." After a delegation of Palestinian [[Prisoner of war|POWs]], "headed by a [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] officer who was prepared to give the defenders his professional assessment of Ein Hilweh's grave military situation", and an offer by Mordechai to "meet personally with" Haj Ibrahim were also rebuffed, "a team of psychologists&nbsp;... was flown to Sidon to advise the command on how to deal with such irrational behavior." However, "the best advice the psychologists could offer was to organize yet another but considerably larger delegation comprising some forty or so people and including women and children"; Haj Ibrahim responded to the fifth delegation with "exactly the same three words"; triggering a bloody battle in which Israeli troops finally took the camp.<ref>{{cite book|author-link1=Ze'ev Schiff|last1=Schiff|first1=Ze'ev|author-link2=Ehud Yaari|last2=Ya'ari|first2=Ehud|title=Israel's Lebanon War|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=1984|isbn=0-671-47991-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/israelslebanonwa0000schi/page/144 144–150]|url=https://archive.org/details/israelslebanonwa0000schi/page/144}}</ref>

According to 1982 [[Newsweek]] photo, Israeli soldiers were attacked by [[PLO]] fighters disguised as hospital patients.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SvudKjsiDxAC&dq=Were+attacked+by+PLO+fighters+disguised+as+hospital+patients&pg=PA131 United States Policy Toward Lebanon-relief and Rehabilitation Assistance... By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. 1983. United States Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs] "Israel has found in Lebanon enough PLO weapons to equip a massive army and to supply untold numbers of terrorist cadres&nbsp;... First, the PLO consciously attacked only civilians and, secondly, the PLO used civilians as human shields to protect itself. Anyone who has been to the small country of Israel knows that there are many military targets to be easily found&nbsp;... Yet, the PLO could only find those 'military' targets disguised as kibbutz nurseries, school buses, marketplaces or passenger airplanes. And the second factor that differentiates the PLO terrorist army from conventional armies is its hiding in the midst of civilian locations. Israeli troops uncovered PLO arsenals, emplacements and bases in schools, mosques, and apartment basements. According to ''Newsweek'', June 14, Israeli soldiers in one engagement, were attacked by PLO fighters disguised as hospital patients."</ref>