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A human shield is the deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter the enemy from attacking them.

Human shield may also refer to:

• Human shield (law)
• Human Shield (political party), a political party in Croatia
• The Human Shield, a 1991 American film
• Human shields in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Use of human shields by Hamas

See also

• Human chain

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