UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
Although UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon failed to condemn Hamas's use of Palestinian civilians as human shields in the 2014 Gaza war, the Secretary General had no problem condemning the use of Palestinians as human shields in a conflict not involving Israel. At a press conference on April 9, 2015, the Secretary General denounced ISIS's use of human shields in Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus. In his words: "The residents of Yarmouk – including 3,500 children -- are being turned into human shields."