3 ms·In other conflicts those are known as human shields.by postalrat 5y agoIn other conflicts those are known as human shields.trhway 5y agoHuman shield is when forced. In this case it were willing people, a lot of older and mid-age people to whom it was their way to resist.postalrat 5y agoUp until this conflict it was never required that human shields must be forced into that position.