Editing Operation Defensive Shield (section)

===Human rights groups===
[[Human Rights Watch]] determined that "Israeli forces committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, some amounting prima facie to war crimes."<ref>[[Human Rights Watch]], May 2002, [http://hrw.org/reports/2002/israel3/israel0502-01.htm#P49_1774 Jenin: IDF Military Operations: Summary], ''Israel, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority Territories'', Vol 14, No. 3</ref>

[[Amnesty International]] reported that war crimes occurred in the [[Jenin]] refugee camp and in [[Nablus]], including: unlawful killings; a failure to ensure medical or humanitarian relief; demolition of houses and property occurred (sometime with civilians still inside); water and electricity supplies to civilians were cut; torture or other cruel, [[inhuman or degrading treatment]] in arbitrary detention occurred; and Palestinians civilians were used for military operations or as "human shields." According to Amnesty, "the IDF acted as though the main aim was to punish all Palestinians."<ref>{{cite web|title=Israel and the Occupied Territories Shielded from scrutiny: IDF violations in Jenin and Nablus |publisher=Amnesty International |date=4 November 2002 |url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE151432002?open&of=ENG-PSE |access-date=2007-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810122713/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE151432002?open&of=ENG-PSE |archive-date=10 August 2007 }}</ref>