From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the Daily.

Overnight, Israel agreed to a ceasefire with the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah, a major turning point in one of the wars Israel has been fighting

since Hamas attacked it on October 7th. But the war in Gaza shows no signs of ending,

with Israel coming under increased scrutiny for the way it is conducting it. Today, a Times

investigation into one controversial tactic, the Israeli use of Palestinian detainees as human shields, and what it reveals about the nature of the conflict.

My colleague, Natan Odenheimer, explains.

It's Wednesday, November 27th.

So, Natan, a lot has been happening with Israel in the past few days.

We had the ceasefire with

Lebanon and Hezbollah on Tuesday night. And the week before, the International Criminal Court

issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense

minister Yoav Kalant. They issued those warrants for war crimes and crimes against humanity

in Gaza.

You, Natan, have been investigating another practice by the Israeli military, one that's unconnected to what happened in the court, but seems to also raise questions about the rules

of war.

And that is Israel's use of Palestinians as human shields.

Tell me exactly what you found.

So actually I stumbled into this story. Around January 2024, I was filling my water bottle

at the gym. When I heard someone who I quickly understood was an Israeli soldier who recently

returned from Gaza talking about seeing Palestinians being sent into

Hamas tunnels. That what he was explaining is that the military is using Palestinians as

human shields, sending them into Hamas tunnels ahead of Israeli forces to probe those dangerous

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