"Kill Anything": Israeli Soldiers Say Gaza Atrocities Came from Orders for Indiscriminate Fire

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9 жыл бұрын

democracynow.org - A new report based on testimonies of Israeli soldiers concludes the massive civilian death toll from last summer’s Israeli assault on Gaza resulted from a policy of indiscriminate fire. The Israeli veterans group Breaking the Silence released testimonies of more than 60 Israeli officers and soldiers which it says illustrate a "broad ethical failure" that "comes from the top of the chain of command." More than 2,200 Palestinians were killed in the assault, the vast majority civilians. On Israel’s side, 73 people were killed, all but six of them soldiers. During the 50-day operation, more than 20,000 Palestinian homes were destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced. We hear candid video testimonies from the soldiers and speak to former Israeli paratrooper Avner Gvaryahu, director of public outreach at Breaking the Silence.
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@Maliya65 17 күн бұрын

Wow!! 9 years ago, and we’re still here

@clearvision07 4 күн бұрын

And they talk about why 1200 were killed by Hamas?

@Ashmooni 4 күн бұрын

That was going to be my comment!

@kodyscot9360 3 күн бұрын

i thought everything started on october 7 - typical israeli

@livebygodscommands7613 Күн бұрын

75 yrs and we are still here

@user-hm5gl6ll5n Ай бұрын

I hope people see this today, 2024. Please review this story again on Democracy Now!!

@radioactivewifi 5 күн бұрын

Please do a story on these events: - Hebron Massacre (1929): On August 23-24, 1929, Arab rioters killed 67 Jews and wounded many others in Hebron. - Safed Massacre (1929): On August 29, 1929, Arab rioters killed 18 Jews in Safed. - Haifa Massacre (1929): Occurred during the same period as the Hebron and Safed massacres, with several Jews killed in Haifa. - Jaffa Riots (1921): Known as the 1921 Jaffa riots, Arab rioters attacked the Jewish population, resulting in the deaths of 47 Jews and many wounded. - Tel Aviv and Jaffa Deportation and Massacre (1918): During World War I, the Ottoman authorities deported around 1,500 Jews from Tel Aviv and Jaffa, with significant hardships and deaths during the process. - Gaza Deportation and Massacre (1918): During World War I, the Ottoman Empire deported the majority of Gaza’s Jewish population, with a large number of deaths due to the harsh conditions.

@Me-tb8rs 3 күн бұрын

I'm here in 2024. I had no idea this was happening. So awful and cruel. Allah bless the Palestinians ❤

@kamilhorvat8290 3 күн бұрын

The algorithm is going to send many ppl here even without review.

@moragmckay3779 11 күн бұрын

And people think this started on Oct 7th, nine years later.

@ashura3313 10 күн бұрын

More like 76 years of land theft and oppression.

@radioactivewifi 5 күн бұрын

Could have started over 100 years ago? - Hebron Massacre (1929): On August 23-24, 1929, Arab rioters killed 67 Jews and wounded many others in Hebron. - Safed Massacre (1929): On August 29, 1929, Arab rioters killed 18 Jews in Safed. - Haifa Massacre (1929): Occurred during the same period as the Hebron and Safed massacres, with several Jews killed in Haifa. - Jaffa Riots (1921): Known as the 1921 Jaffa riots, Arab rioters attacked the Jewish population, resulting in the deaths of 47 Jews and many wounded. - Tel Aviv and Jaffa Deportation and Massacre (1918): During World War I, the Ottoman authorities deported around 1,500 Jews from Tel Aviv and Jaffa, with significant hardships and deaths during the process. - Gaza Deportation and Massacre (1918): During World War I, the Ottoman Empire deported the majority of Gaza’s Jewish population, with a large number of deaths due to the harsh conditions.

@ashura3313 5 күн бұрын

@@radioactivewifi Revionist history! What about when zionists committed atrocities, are you gonna selectively ignore those facts? Typical racist appartheid ethno supremacy supporter!

@KASalaam2U 4 күн бұрын

They should have remained in Europe.

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

They know it didn't, but intellectual and institutionalized laziness, latent Islamaphobia, powerful lobbies and Zionist power are real factors.

@sholeha9003 25 күн бұрын

This is prove and evident that this tragedy doesn't start on October 7th

@charshill2978 17 күн бұрын

Yes. The same thing happened then as it is now, they only get more violent

@bridgetsaenz2774 9 күн бұрын

78 years since occupation the Palestinian people are suffering oppression 😢they are victims of Israelis brutality 😢

@reemah5996 7 күн бұрын

The Nakba has been going on for more than 75 years, nothing new 😢

@abshir9677 9 жыл бұрын

1 of The most bizarre things is the fact that American born Israeli's are openly allowed to go and join the masacre.

@ap2868 3 ай бұрын

And Indians and brits and ....

@quickcurechef5373 18 күн бұрын

They won't even try to get American hostages back, let alone their own!!!

@keyfiender799 12 күн бұрын

May 2024 : Americans have joined the settlers.

@bridgetsaenz2774 9 күн бұрын

😢😢😢no justice only complicity

@ak22gml85 3 күн бұрын

@abshir9677 Your observation of eight years ago requires an update for 2024… the US is now looking to offer any Americans who go to fight with Israeli full American veteran benefits for their service in the IDF. The US has made itself a fully bought subsidiary of Israel, totally subservient to its will.

@EvLSkillz 7 ай бұрын

i hope people see this today, 2023.

@sholeha9003 25 күн бұрын

May 2024 but nothing change.

@djentlegiant739 11 күн бұрын

I am, and I am disgusted.

11 күн бұрын

@@djentlegiant739 I have watched this terror play out for a long, long time. Yes. I am old. . While I am sorry that this time the atrocities are the worst yet, I am happy to now hear people talking about the Nakba, the Irgun, etc.

@bridgetsaenz2774 9 күн бұрын

78 years of occupation and genocide with impunity 😢

@bridgetsaenz2774 7 күн бұрын

@@djentlegiant739 Me too Israel 🇮🇱 is attacking Lebanon for 20 year People don’t know if they will be alive next day… I don’t understand why Israel 🇮🇱 like to attacks Palestinians and Líbano 🇱🇧 they send misiles everyday ! But if they attack Israeli back in self defame are terrorist! I don’t understand why USA protects Israel 🇮🇱 l just saw a video 😭

@user-xj2be9cz2l 12 күн бұрын

Now it is clear to US citizens....

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

@user, it's long been clear to quite a lot of US citizens and our government, but to them, Palestinians' lives don't matter that much, if at all. As for the rest, former POTUS, true, best Christian and Nobel Peace Prize winner James Earl Carter (and naval nuclear physics engineer, peanut farmer, and former governor of Georgia) says that Americans don't want to know. Besides, to them, just like black and brown Americans lives don't matter the same, Palestinians lives (and Muslim lives) don't matter that much.

@aabta3584 7 ай бұрын

Free Palestine

@Mala-29 7 ай бұрын

You need to air these clips again.

11 күн бұрын

They have been aired many times. Sadly, no one paid attention until now. Look up Sheikh Jarrah from a few years ago. It will make your blood boil. It never stops, but now the whole world knows.

@yoliewalker4582 16 күн бұрын

These ISRAEL EX Military are telling the TRUTH the ICC has to. STAND UP STOP NATHANYAHU NOW Thank you 🌹

@ThabaniTBowseHadebe0909 4 ай бұрын

2024 nothing has changed

@karincarl4535 12 күн бұрын

Well, No AND Yes. Its "Full On" Genocide of The Rest of Palestinian Population. And We watched it.

@radioactivewifi 4 күн бұрын

You are correct: - Hebron Massacre (1929): On August 23-24, 1929, Arab rioters killed 67 Jews and wounded many others in Hebron. - Safed Massacre (1929): On August 29, 1929, Arab rioters killed 18 Jews in Safed. - Haifa Massacre (1929): Occurred during the same period as the Hebron and Safed massacres, with several Jews killed in Haifa. - Jaffa Riots (1921): Known as the 1921 Jaffa riots, Arab rioters attacked the Jewish population, resulting in the deaths of 47 Jews and many wounded. - Tel Aviv and Jaffa Deportation and Massacre (1918): During World War I, the Ottoman authorities deported around 1,500 Jews from Tel Aviv and Jaffa, with significant hardships and deaths during the process. - Gaza Deportation and Massacre (1918): During World War I, the Ottoman Empire deported the majority of Gaza’s Jewish population, with a large number of deaths due to the harsh conditions.

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

Actually, a lot has changed and social media is driving that change.

@mytboss 14 күн бұрын

Will somebody introduce this video to Piers Morgan?

@molly9518 6 күн бұрын

Please? Anyone..?

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

Piers and so many of his ilk already know about this. They're paid to obfuscate and misdirect.

@coshyno 6 ай бұрын

At no point was anyone shooting at us he says, and they still do this to this day.

@Kreeky_ 11 күн бұрын

9 years ago? Wtf and it's gotten worse

@andresmorales5301 Ай бұрын

This is so insane.

@shaheedaessack6142 29 күн бұрын

What a shame and dark stain on our humanity. Sis Man.

@juliemckenzie5960 3 күн бұрын

More like sissy man 🤣

@JS-pu2ky 11 күн бұрын

Wow this video is 9 years old and yet this is the same thing happening in Palestine today.

@neikusumah8357 10 күн бұрын

Always like this from the first Nakba 1948.. If people say what's going on in Gaza now (2023-2024) is a second nakba,they've mistaken..cos the first Nakba still on going..until today,sadly..

@reemah5996 7 күн бұрын

Over 75 years old, but no 1 cared

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

It's been happening for over 100 years now.

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

@@reemah5996 they want you to think that. Look around the world, people are waking up to deliberate global, genocidal hegemony.

@jinesdukuan9039 6 ай бұрын

American tax payer 💰 to buy weapons n ammo?

@sloopycat1954 6 ай бұрын

The Group of IDF soilders, serving and ex-soilders of Breaking the silence are Brave with high morals, their contributions to humanity will not be forgotten and there are many decent people grateful to them. Great video thankyou.

@18nomah 5 ай бұрын

IDF soldiers trying to escape war crime charges.

@melbla3609 10 күн бұрын

These “break the silence” people (I mean, please note the name) are actively sought out by crazy extremists who want to kill them all. And they're a lot there to be extremists so no, they're particularly ballsy in my book and not trying to escape any charges. Their heart's been brutally broken, in this mess where they been involved.

@juliemckenzie5960 3 күн бұрын

War crimes were/are being committed by Hamas!!!

@lightbeings6243 18 күн бұрын

Its truly tragic ...such horrors were committed...but good to see soldiers breaking the silence.

@terryhollands2794 6 жыл бұрын

Didn't the Nazi's have similar rules of engagement.

@mikeprice5838 19 күн бұрын

Looks like the Nazis still do!

@ashura3313 10 күн бұрын

Yes

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

It's an open secret that the Israeli elite are Ashkenazi white European Zionist Jews and are all from Central and Eastern Europe and have the same exact, white eurosupremacist imperialist, colonial mindset. Check out their real names and where they're from.

@aabrightlove 2 күн бұрын

"Zionazis", if you will

@ruthknipe2459 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Avnet Gvaryahu for your honesty and courage

@rockymissouri1021 9 жыл бұрын

SHAMEFUL!

@ezzb 26 күн бұрын

There was never a ceasefire

@AlejandraRodriguez-gx7gb 9 күн бұрын

These people are truly sick. Where are they now?

@darraghm6829 9 жыл бұрын

'Israeli patriot.' Code for colonial fascist.

@moniquederksen1902 8 күн бұрын

For all who are still doubting, whether it started 7th Oct 2023, it did not!

@jeiysir2500 15 күн бұрын

2024...Evil got worse.

@jerrylyons9279 3 күн бұрын

of course you're speaking of hamas.

@weeshirley5934 Күн бұрын

You don’t actually believe that

@naymatunc-rc6vs 11 күн бұрын

And this was long before 7 oktober

@Nozarks1 7 ай бұрын

How little things have changed 😢

@1992please 6 ай бұрын

Why this video doesn't have more views? oh god!!

@user-je7et4ns3x 18 күн бұрын

Justice must be done

@Antrunu 24 күн бұрын

This must be shared...denialism implies the death of innocents...and silence, complicity

@mikedonnarumma5337 13 күн бұрын

DAMAGED MALES SHOULD NOT RULE

@ALulzyApprentice 9 жыл бұрын

Shameful! Truly Shameful!

@yoliewalker4582 16 күн бұрын

To UNITED NATIONS this VIDEO IS YOUR REASON to STOP NATHANYAHU NOW Thank you 🌹

@eileenahern-ku9nx 4 күн бұрын

United nations. Jesus another scam. They talk. How so nice. ❤

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

It would be nice. But since the founding of the UN, the US has squelched any all voices critical of Israel. We also consistently vote against a Palestinian state.

@charshill2978 17 күн бұрын

2024 and the israelies are saying and doing the same thing

@user-fr8mf6ed2y 15 күн бұрын

This is ATROUTIOUS !!!!!😢😢

@timtebone 15 күн бұрын

they started calling it "mowing the lawn"........................

@eileenahern-ku9nx 4 күн бұрын

I understand ❤

@ChrisAlbertH47 6 күн бұрын

It's good that the algorithms are bringing back these videos. It was relevant and important to know who and what exactly Izrael was then, and it is even more relevant now.

@5353woodland 9 жыл бұрын

These are soldiers telling on themselves with hope to wake people up. They know what they did and want it to be known to the world. I am inspired by there courage but also angry that we watch and do nothing.

@sarichmond79 7 жыл бұрын

listening to this guy, total biased viewpoint. I trust common sense, history and experience over this guy's feelings. It's common knowledge that palestinian civilians launch surprise guerilla attacks via any means possible via knives, guns, suicide vests, etc. Why should the IDF soldiers put themselves at further risk? This video also fails to mention the warnings via leaflets written in arabic dropped on the area for the civilians to evacuate or risk harm. Calling B.S. on this entire company, hence why it gets little to no media attention.

@ap2868 3 ай бұрын

@@sarichmond79zionist shill calling BS 😂😂😂😂😂😂 you are an old joke, worn out until everyone sees through you😂😂😂😂

@e.t.ethics1771 8 күн бұрын

9 years ago! There policy has not changed!

@NafisaD-vo3vz 6 ай бұрын

They never learn… always doing the same crimes!!!

@qadeerakhabir5768 21 күн бұрын

Because this is only to push blame to other people

@tomjones9082 18 күн бұрын

10 years later, the same story is playing out

@naymatunc-rc6vs 11 күн бұрын

People that think there was no blockade and occupation in gazza and westbank must watch this

@AndJusticeForAll. 10 күн бұрын

This video was from 9 years ago. Look at what is happening today 2024 at an exponential worst level

@muhadesehh524 Ай бұрын

OH MY GOD 8 YEARS AGO

@charshill2978 17 күн бұрын

And they are still saying and doing the same thing 😢 It's horrific

@phoekman8750 17 күн бұрын

and they're telling the world that Hamas started the war...

@russnrach8 9 күн бұрын

Israel has been committing atrocities against the Palestinian people - massacres, forced displacements, etc. - since at least 1948.

@staciasmith5162 4 күн бұрын

75 plus years ago.😢

@bridgetsaenz2774 7 күн бұрын

Palestina 🇵🇸 ❤live palestina

@yoliewalker4582 16 күн бұрын

SEND your VIDEO to UNITED NATIONS NOW Thank you 🌹

@newmoonjlp 8 күн бұрын

I sat watching this video assuming it was about the current offensive. Obviously Israel has been getting away with war crimes for far, far too long.

@LonerWeirdo 4 күн бұрын

Yeah.. This is so disheartening. 9 years ago and nothing has changed.

@Prince.2024. 3 күн бұрын

And they say that it started in October 2023. They are so so shameless

@animjfr 9 күн бұрын

May the TRUTH continues to come out. Fight thr destruction of mankind by exposing the TRUTH.

@MaryMary-sf8ib Ай бұрын

My heart boils. The idf are like playing toy guns.

@star80ist 9 жыл бұрын

so much for being the most moral army in the world, as if any one would believe that. I would also not expect to see this story or one like it on any US corporate media network. It is also not at all surprising that Israel act likes this when they know the US is going to cover for them in the UN and give them free money and weapons. If Americans truly care about Israel they need to call for some tough love; otherwise, Israel will not be a country worth saving, until then they need to be BDS.

@sarichmond79 7 жыл бұрын

@phoenixrising8640 7 ай бұрын

@@sarichmond79u really are brainwashed 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ap2868 3 ай бұрын

@@sarichmond79zionist shill spouting lies and propaganda .... No one BELIEVES a word you spout out of your evil bile filled mouth😂😂😂😂

@alicecunningham3837 6 күн бұрын

Sounds very like Schindler's List doesn't it!

@katmag8 4 күн бұрын

Watching this in 2024. Unbelievable.but now it's no longer a question of "if" but "when" they will be stopped.

@user-je7et4ns3x 18 күн бұрын

Truly evil regime like Nazi

@295C_Red_ZONE 4 күн бұрын

And this is 9 years ago.

@awrupi.6272 2 күн бұрын

Not only has nothing changed but it’s become worse.

@DicterAbud-W 26 күн бұрын

Stop

@genuinealaeh 4 күн бұрын

If you think 9 years ago their conduct was horrible, how much more now when all restrictions are lifted.

@user-pm4gc9ks2i 2 күн бұрын

I would be ashamed to be an ‘Israeli’, or an American.

@MC-uj4gd 3 күн бұрын

9 years ago! So this doesn’t happen on October 7,2023

@imogen2092 Күн бұрын

This is why I get angry when stupid people say that this began on the 7th of October. Free Palestine 🇵🇸

@raulelenes4194 3 күн бұрын

Those orders came from evil men. That kind of people claim to be part of God’s chosen people. No way!!

@MichelAngelaRavenscroft13a 3 күн бұрын

2300 US citizens fighting in the IDF. Congress to grant the IDF the privilages of IS veterens. Vote no.

@ginvil5656 2 жыл бұрын

If this catastrophic scenes are Not true. How can B. still denying Visas to Human Rights, UN inspectors or International Criminal Court to investigate???

@kouklepartali 10 күн бұрын

Because Netanyahu is Criminal!

@AzadBus-xq8wn 9 күн бұрын

The IDF is supposed to be the most moral army in the world??

@MichaelSmikle-np2dq 18 күн бұрын

This is soooo sickening! It leaves one thinking: How can CUFI and the US congress support all this?

@bg8807 Күн бұрын

Aipac has bought out all the politicians. They are on the payroll. Corruption through and through. How can you defend this slaughter.

@Breese2382 2 күн бұрын

Holy shit these people are and have been completely out of control

@faisalnordin6653 2 күн бұрын

This video was from 9 years ago. This happens until today.

@suzisuzi2485 10 күн бұрын

Yes that’s why the truth hurts too see for israhelllis supporters, and yet they say , khamas, khamas, khamas, October the 7, October the 7, October the 7 …. Piers Morgan where are you ???

@MiddelburgYahya 3 күн бұрын

This army is really rotten from inside

@mariag3605 9 күн бұрын

9 years later and it's even more diabolical! It's tik toks to celebrate...

@rosaalba1660 4 күн бұрын

I remember watching the video live, seeing a young man desperately trying to reach another man, from a very small distance, it was impossible, that dying man was talking; ..'Is that you God?' I cried like a baby

@weeshirley5934 23 сағат бұрын

“I felt there was something morally wrong in this army”

@daydreonmckinney 29 күн бұрын

No matter what, they all know what theyre doing is wrong and that it's a sin. Especially if you are a religious person, you know its wrong in the eyes of God.

@SA-km3oh 2 күн бұрын

The intent has been crystal clear since the beginning. Remember what Galant said, the how he lifted all controlling measures on the soldiers.

@user-er4jm1ln8c 18 сағат бұрын

This was 9 years ago

@wardealhajj 9 күн бұрын

This is prove and evident that started way before October 7th. Free Free Free Palestine

@malusa9508 4 күн бұрын

Lets make this video viral for all those who stll think this started on the 7th of October.

@Fatimaateye786 4 күн бұрын

Imagine this 9 yrs ago and people be like oct 7

@patriayvida6850 4 күн бұрын

Fast forward to 2024 & this worked out well, really well. STOP THE PALESTINIAN HOLOCAUST!

@user-fr8mf6ed2y 15 күн бұрын

Seekening😢😢😢😢

@sunny7565 7 күн бұрын

This is what mainstream media won't show...its in the making more than 9yrs!!

@daydreonmckinney 29 күн бұрын

Have they personally talked to biden or any world leaders? Theyre exactly who needs to meet with world leaders and tell them the whole truth.

@AlejandraRodriguez-gx7gb 9 күн бұрын

They know. They have been complicit. The only righteous president is ex-president Carter.

@rexi1414 5 күн бұрын

I got listed this so I clicked on it thinking it was from this or last year. And now I saw the comment, 2023 and I was thinking like What? And then I saw this is from 9 years ago. What the fuck?! They have been doing that genocide for years!

@MiddelburgYahya 3 күн бұрын

This is all before October 7

@Grim_Azrael 2 күн бұрын

This video could be from today. People forget so fast there was terror before 7 October towards the Natives of Palestine.

@A2B3I4R5 5 күн бұрын

Cher soldat israélien qui dénoncez les horreurs que commet votre armée, vous honorez votre pays, votre peuple et votre religion,… Puissent d’autres suivre votre exemple !!!

@kiethosmon792 6 күн бұрын

9 years ago!

@ABB56. 2 күн бұрын

9 years ago. Wow.

@fysmhmd7029 6 күн бұрын

Every other day has been a oct 7 for Palestinians for decades

@HM-rz8nv 4 күн бұрын

yep exactly

@JanaAlaa-fs8ow 7 күн бұрын

Absolutely disgusting and horrific

@anastasiofotiadis6417 11 күн бұрын

I am jewish And I will stand For truth and good God bless those soldiers standing up. And say the truth I'm not too happy with What's it's going on?They put in more heat Is against Jewish people With that action Against palestinian people That is very very bad