Israel Defense Forces soldiers used a Palestinian teenager as a shield against rock-throwers in the West Bank last week, Channel 10 reported Monday.

The station showed film of soldiers leading the 17-year-old, identified as Fahdi, to a building where soldiers were stationed in the village of Dura in the southern West Bank. In a combination of actual footage and reenactment, the TV report showed how soldiers led the blindfolded youth out onto a second-floor balcony as a soldier aimed a rifle with a tear gas grenade from behind the teenager and other teens threw rocks at the building from across the street.

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The IDF denied the allegation, saying the youth was arrested for throwing rocks at the soldiers, who did not use him as a shield but kept him under guard until he was transferred to police custody.

The Supreme Court has forbidden the use of Palestinians as human shields.