Israeli soldiers were ordered to shoot civilians in the Gaza Strip. “These are death fields”
According to the accounts of the soldiers with whom “Haarec” talked Opening fire orders were when it was known that a crowd of Palestinians was not a threat to soldiers. The calculations of “Haareca” show that from mid -May in the Gaza Zone there have been to so far 19 “incidents with firearms” near food distribution points.
It is four points of the private Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), whose work is secured by the Israeli army. The organization has been conducting activities since May. From now on, it is criticized by the global UN food program and other assistance organizations for It enables Israeli authorities to skip other aid distribution channels. The UN estimates that The method of providing help by GHF is chaotic and exposes thousands of Palestinians to danger accumulating at the distribution points of support.
“Ethical code distribution”
The daily learned that the Chief Military Prosecutor ordered the special authority of the General Staff of Israel to initiate an investigation into suspicions of war crimes.
One of the soldiers with whom “Haarec” talked to, called the situation in the gas zone “the total distribution of the ethical code of the Israeli army”. Military relations show that soldiers were ordered to shoot Palestinians also before opening food distribution points – i.e. before dawn, when it is dark and people may not see special zones designated by the organization and soldiers.
– These are death fields. Where I was stationed, one to five people were killed one day. They were treated as a enemy force, there were no mechanisms of crowd control, there was no tear gas, but lively fire: machine guns, grenades, mortars – one of the interlocutors of “Haareca” reported.
– I don't know about any case when [na ogień żołnierzy] would be answered with fire. There are no enemies, no weapons – he added.
Humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip
In the testimonies of soldiers, Brigadier General Jehuda Wach, commander of the 252nd Division of the Defense Forces of Israel, often appears. “Harec” wrote about him earlier, including that he turned the Necarim corridor into a “death route” and that he is suspected of giving an order to destroy one of the hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
International organizations warn that The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst since the start of the war nearly two years ago. At the end of May, the UN alarmed that all the inhabitants of the enclave were threatened with hunger. From the beginning of March, Israel blocked help for over 11 weeks.
According to the Local Ministry of Health, from the end of May, in the vicinity of the food distribution points, the Israeli shot about 450 people, and they wounded nearly 3,000. 500.
