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They sort of have, when the "human shield" is being talked about, it's not literal kids being held up front.. it's people refrained from gunpoint from leaving the building that IDF warned they'll shoot down soon. They give enough time to escape while monitoring the "people leaving" using drones. But not enough time is given to transfer "ammo and weapons". Constantly monitored using drones.
Human shields are the few people that are kept there at gunpoint, and there's no way of knowing if there are civilians in the said building. As many people are seen escaping the building.
A friend of mine who works for Battalion [redacted] told me a story the other day about an adult male (about 23) who managed to escape the building and ran towards the battalion posted close by. While he was running/escaping towards the IDF, he was being shot from the building. But he made it. I don't know the location of the guy except he's in Israel and chilling. But wants to stay undercover for now, hopefully the world will hear his story someday.
IDF has a lot of proof, one I heard was that some of the gazans who died in the missile strike have "embedded" bullets from "Kalashnikova".. some Gazans know about this and they are afraid to speak out.
Regardless, I have few Palestinians and Israeli friends. And all of them support Palestinians.. and all the Israelis I know told me they would protest after the war to force the Israeli government to rebuild Gaza.