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Israeli soldiers used an 80-year-old Gazan as a human shield. Then they killed him
Soldiers put an explosive cord around the man's neck and forced him to scout buildings for eight hours. After his release, another division shot him dead. @ha_makom
‘I’m bored, so I shoot’
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in Gaza, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.
From July 2024.
Rugs, cosmetics, motorbikes: Israeli soldiers are looting Gaza homes en masse
Soldiers tell @OrenZiv_ how stealing Palestinian property has become totally routine in the Gaza war, with minimal pushback from commanders.
Israeli army database suggests at least 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence from May reveals Israel believed it had killed ~8,900 militants in Gaza, indicating a proportion of civilian slaughter with few parallels in modern warfare.
When Anthony Bourdain visited Palestine a few years ago he did something almost unprecedented for American TV viewers: he portrayed Palestinians as human beings. RIP. [From the archive]
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.
By @OrenZiv_. @mekomit
INVESTIGATION: Inside Project Nimbus
To secure the lucrative contract, Google & Amazon agreed to secretly notify Israel if a foreign court demands its data, and disregard their own terms of service.
By @yuval_abraham for @972mag@mekomit@guardian
Unable to pinpoint Hamas commanders in Gaza’s tunnels, Israel decimated entire residential blocks with bunker-buster bombs to crush the passages below and flood them with lethal fumes.
New investigation by @yuval_abraham for @972mag & @mekomit.
Revealed: Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees
Palestinians arrested in northern Gaza describe how Israeli soldiers systematically abused civilians and combatants alike, from severe deprivation to brutal physical violence. By @yuval_abraham@mekomit
"Death to Arabs"
"May your village burn"
"Shuafat is on fire"
"Mohammed is dead"
"Shireen is a whore"
This is only a small selection of the racist and violent chanting that took place at yesterday's Flag March in Jerusalem.
Video by @OrenZiv_
‘My hands are paralyzed from torture’: Gazans reveal horrors of Ofer Camp
Inmates at Israel's shadowy new detention facility face non-stop abuse — from deadly beatings and electric shocks, to constant handcuffing and skin diseases.
By @OrenZiv_@mekomit