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Mosul families wave white flags as ISIS thugs round up and execute men and boys used as human shields

DESPERATE families have waved white flags as they try to escape ISIS fire with the violent jihads using men and boys as human shields.

While some of the families torn apart by the conflict were able to return home, others were used as human shields by the retreating jihadis leaving the embattled Mosul.

Civilians wave white flags as they escape jihad fire just 15kms from Mosul
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Civilians wave white flags as they escape jihad fire just 15kms from MosulCredit: Splash News
A boy pauses on his bike as he passes an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS fighters ahead of the Mosul offensive
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A boy pauses on his bike as he passes an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS fighters ahead of the Mosul offensiveCredit: Getty Images
Civilians return to their village after it was liberated from Islamic State militants, south of Mosul
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Civilians return to their village after it was liberated from Islamic State militants, south of MosulCredit: Reuters

With reports that ISIS fighters have used bulldozers to dump corpses in a mass grave on the edge of the city, it has been revealed that 284 victims, including children, were shot in the battle.

The Iraqi government recently launched an offensive on Mosul, which had previously been a stronghold for ISIS.

Elite Iraqi troops have poured into the area to force out the jihad group in a long-anticipated offensive.

More than 500 people have been forced to walk back to their homes
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More than 500 people have been forced to walk back to their homesCredit: Reuters
A lonely child in front of families returning to their villages after they were liberated from the Islamic State
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A lonely child stands in front of families returning to their villages after they were liberated from the Islamic StateCredit: Reuters
Fears raised by the UN that civilians would be used as human shields by ISIS have come true
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Fears raised by the UN that civilians would be used as human shields by ISIS have come true, with others finally able to escapeCredit: Reuters

UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said he was concerned of reports that the Islamic State was using civilians as a buffer.

He said: "There is a grave danger that ISIL fighters will not only use such vulnerable people as human shields, but may opt to kill them rather than see them liberated."

The UN has further raised concerns that the hundreds of thousands of people still trapped in Mosul may need to flee the city, sparking a humanitarian crisis.

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But Iraqi forces last week committed to the "mother of all battles", saying they would take back control of the ISIS stronghold.

The right to re-capture the city started just days ago, with the bloody fighting expected to last weeks, if not months.

The stronghold has been held by the Islamic State since ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his Caliphate during a sermon there.

Desperate families are returning to their homes with concerns they could be used as human shields by ISIS
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Desperate families are returning to their homes with concerns they could be used as human shields by ISISCredit: Reuters
It has been warned that the fight to take back Mosul will last weeks, months or even years
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It has been warned that the fight to take back Mosul will last weeks, months or even yearsCredit: Reuters
A young girl has her face blackened with soot after the oil fields were set on fire
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A young girl has her face blackened with soot after the oil fields were set on fireCredit: Getty Images
A man smokes a cigarette stand next to an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS fighters
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A man smokes a cigarette stand next to an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS fightersCredit: Getty Images
Civilians are escaping from Khorsabad which is controlled by ISIS and under Peshmerga fire
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Civilians are escaping from Khorsabad which is controlled by ISIS and under Peshmerga fireCredit: Rex Features

Civilians have already been killed when the Islamic State bombed a sulphur plant near Mosul earlier this week.

It is understood many others were injured as a result of the toxic smoke issuing from the destroyed plant.

Islamic State militants have launched a rocket and opened fire on an Iraqi convoy near a town that was recently retaken from IS as part of the offensive against militant-held Mosul.

The Iraqi special forces have also returned fire, with the battle highlighting the dangers still present in the area.

 

 

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