Editing Human shield (section)

==== Libyan Civil Wars ====
{{Main|First Libyan Civil War|Second Libyan Civil War}}
During the [[First Libyan Civil War]], [[Muammar Gaddafi|Gaddafi]] loyalists were acting as human shields in the [[Libya no-fly zone]], to try to protect Gaddafi's compound and airports.<ref>David D. Kirkpatrick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/africa/20tripoli.html At Qaddafi Compound, a Human Shield"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. March 19, 2011. "At Qaddafi's compound, hundreds of supporters offered themselves up as human shields, cheering to newly minted dance."</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NATO: Qaddafi using mosques as shields |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nato-qaddafi-using-mosques-as-shields/ |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=June 18, 2011 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2016, during the [[Second Libyan Civil War]], it was reported that two Italians who had been kidnapped in June 2015 were killed while they were used as human shields by [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Libya|Islamic State]] gunmen in [[Sorman]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kidnapped Italians killed in Libya – Malta expresses 'deep shock'|url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160303/world/kidnapped-italians-reportedly-killed-in-libya.604478|work=[[Times of Malta]]|date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303164508/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160303/world/kidnapped-italians-reportedly-killed-in-libya.604478|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>