Human-rights activists have asked Israel's highest court to ban the Israeli military from all use of Palestinian civilians as "human shields" in military operations.
Israel's Supreme Court barred the practice in 2002 after soldiers forced the neighbour of a suspected militant to knock on his door and deliver an ultimatum to surrender. The militant shot and killed the man.
A lawyer for the Israeli-Arab advocacy group Adalah said the current ban was not strong enough because it left some leeway for field commanders to press Palestinian civilians into service if they determined such action would not put them in danger.
"What we are asking for is something broader," said Marwan Dalal, the Adalah lawyer who submitted the request last week. "I hope the court will be receptive. . . . Unfortunately, the military is continuing to use civilians as human shields."
Israel says it does not deliberately put civilians in harm's way. It accuses Palestinian militants of routinely using non-combatants for cover.
Rights activists complained last month that Israeli forces used a 13-year-old Palestinian boy as a "human shield" during rock-throwing protests in the flashpoint West Bank village of Biddo.
An image of the youth tied to the hood of jeep was caught on camera. An Israeli police spokesman said that case had been referred to the Justice Ministry for investigation.