 Magen David Adom, the Israeli ambulance and medical emergency service, submitted to the UN a report concluding the accusation was unfounded.Amnesty International investigated the repeated claims by Israel that Hamas was guilty of using human shields after the cessation of hostilities and found no evidence that Hamas or other Palestinian fighters "directed the movement of civilians to shield military objectives from attacks" however, as noted, many refused to speak with the UN and Amnesty and the evidence of the use of residential facilities is ample.The same organization asserted that "there was ample evidence to indicate that, in defiance of IDF rules, Israeli soldiers had used Palestinian civilians and children as shields to protect themselves" by sending Palestinians into homes where other militants were located and to encourage their surrender.