‘Breaking the Silence’ (BTS), a group of serving an ex-soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces released a report stating that the massive civilian casualties in Gaza last summer was the result of “broad ethical failures.”
Traumatized
soldiers stated that the guiding principles of using minimum amount of force
were “discarded’ on orders from the top military brass and political leaders.
What
resulted was the wholesale slaughter and mayhem of innocent civilians,
destruction of homes, schools and hospitals. During the 50-day operation 20,000
Palestinian homes were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of people are still
displaced.
Former Israeli paratrooper Avner Gvaryahu, director of public outreach at BTS provided much of the testimony including audio tapes of soldiers who had their voices muffled out of fear of retribution. BTS is calling for an independent enquiry into what amounts to Israeli war crimes.
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