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The wiki says they are accused of it but lists many reports which found no evidence of this. In the current conflict there are apparently a couple of cases with hostages.
The big problem with most of these claims is that it's "proximate" shielding being alleged, which is not when you are literally shielding someone (as in the recent cases with Israel using Palestinians, and assumedly those with Hamas using the hostages), but when you are just sat at home, in school, whatever, going about your usual business totally unaware. But you are a "shield" because the enemy decides they want to attack something near you.
This quote really sums up the rhetorical strategy:
It is a trick so that Israel can avoid responsibility for it's actions. I'm not saying you are supporting Israel or denying their crimes (I know you explicitly didn't), but this rhetoric is WAY more common than genuine instances of human shielding, which thus far has primarily been done by Israel, not Hamas.
Likewise, this isn't excusing Hamas. Fuck them. But aside from the case with the hostages (didn't check the reference but I trust it), there is very little evidence that Hamas does this. Most of the time it is an outright deception.
Edit: this is from the report cited by wikipedia:
So clearly it does happen. But cases are rare and on both sides of the conflict
Mate, they lob unguided rockets in roughly the right direction. They are not targeting jak shit.