“Shoot Without Restraint”: Israeli Soldiers Describe a Free-For-All in Gaza Genocide, With Civilians Killed at Officers’ Whim

Israeli soldiers have described a complete breakdown of order and legal restraint in Gaza, where Palestinian civilians were killed during the genocide at the whim of individual officers.

According to testimony in the TV documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, due to be broadcast in the UK on ITV on Monday evening and reported by The Guardian, all Israeli soldiers pointed to the evaporation of the official code of conduct concerning civilians.

“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israeli occupation forces tank unit, says.

The soldiers confirmed the military’s routine use of human shields, contradicting official denials, and gave details of Israeli troops opening fire unprovoked on civilians seeking food handouts at aid distribution centers run by the infamous US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). [MORE]