Israeli troops ordered to shoot unarmed Palestinians at Gaza ‘aid’ stations – Israeli press

Ha’aretz report confirms what was already clear: GHF ‘aid stations’ are murder traps

Israeli media have confirmed what was already clear – yet shamelessly denied by the Israeli regime, ‘both-sidesed’ by UK media and ignored by the UK government: Israel troops are deliberately murdering starving Gaza at the Israeli-run ‘GHF aid stations’ when they come seeking food. And not only that, but the orders are coming from the top.

Ha’aretz reports testimony from whistleblowers inside the occupation military:

It’s a killing field. Where I was stationed, between one and five people were killed every day. They’re treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. Then, once the center opens, the shooting stops, and they know they can approach. Our form of communication is gunfire …

We open fire early in the morning if someone tries to get in line from a few hundred meters away, and sometimes we just charge at them from close range. But there’s no danger to the forces. I’m not aware of a single instance of return fire. There’s no enemy, no weapons.

The deliberate slaughter of civilians simply for being there is not limited to the death-trap ‘aid stations’. Ha’aretz reported:

In one incident, the soldier was instructed to fire a shell toward a crowd gathered near the coastline. “Technically, it’s supposed to be warning fire – either to push people back or stop them from advancing,” he said. ”But lately, firing shells has just become standard practice. Every time we fire, there are casualties and deaths, and when someone asks why a shell is necessary, there’s never a good answer. Sometimes, merely asking the question annoys the commanders.”

In that case, some people began to flee after the shell was fired, and according to the soldier, other forces subsequently opened fire on them. “If it’s meant to be a warning shot, and we see them running back to Gaza, why shoot at them?” he asked. “Sometimes we’re told they’re still hiding, and we need to fire in their direction because they haven’t left. But it’s obvious they can’t leave if the moment the get up and run we open fire.”

At least six hundred Palestinians have been murdered at the GHF ‘aid stations’ since they opened around a month ago, including children, and many times that wounded or missing. Thousands more are starving because of Israel’s illegal blockade and its funding of armed, ISIS-linked gangs to attack civilians and steal what little aid is in Gaza.

Yet the UK media and politicians continue to either misrepresent it or ignore it altogether:

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