🧵 In this exclusive thread 2.0, we will reveal dozens of war crimes committed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip revealed for 1st time. Incidents incl looting from shops, genocidal statements, religious mockery, and confessing to blowing up a mosque due to boredom (1/18)
On 4 January, an Israeli sergeant-major from the Givati Brigade posted a story to his Instagram page showing the destruction of what appears to be the Minaret of a mosque. He captioned the video, in English, “THINGS TO DO WHEN THE CREW IS BORED IN A TANK IN GAZA ” (2/18)
On December 22, a soldier from the parachute battalion in Khan Younis area, posted a photo on his social media account posing next to a block of residential housing on fire. In the same post, he included a video that shows him mocking the Muslim call to prayer on loud speakers
On December 14, another soldier posted multiple images showing himself and other soldiers torching a beach resort in Gaza city (4/18)
In an disturbing case, an Israeli military officer with a rank of a captain from the 8176 Battalion posted on her personal account what she described as destroying an entire neighbourhood where three of her soldiers were killed as a revenge. (5/18)
On 2 January, an IDF soldier in the Nahal Brigade posted a video showing soldiers elated at the destruction of a home by a bulldozer near the Burej Refugee Camp (6/18)
A paratrooper in Khan Younis posted a portrait of himself with # “f*ckgaza” on 7 December, a day later he posted a video compilation containing an image of himself posing with a presumably looted bicycle and including a video of structures being destroyed by bulldozers (7/18)
Among the most notable footage of destruction is a video featured in a December 26, 2023 video posted on TikTok by a Lt. Colonel of the 924th Combat Engineering Corps, Harel Brigade. The video shows multiple scenes of military operations in Beit Hanoun, a town in the northern Gaza Strip. The video was posted two days after the Israeli army withdrew from the area on December 24, 2023.
The video lasts for four and a half minutes and contains multiple scenes of residential neighbourhoods and houses being demolished. Edited in are clips from Al Jazeera, where local residents described the aftermath of the operation as “a ghost town” and “an earthquake” (8/18)
“THE PEOPLE OF GAZA DIDN’T THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM” after the October 7 attacks, he captioned the first video, posted on 27 December, adding “WE SENTENCED THEM TO DEA*H”.
A reserve soldier from the 924th battalion posted two videos set to the soundtrack of classic rock songs — AC/DC’s “Back in Black” and the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” — showing the destruction of infrastructure, with captions expressing hostility towards the right of Palestinians to live in their country. (9/18)
He captioned the second video, posted on 11 February, which shows civil infrastructure being bombed and destroyed by writing that, because of the October 7 attacks, Palestinians “don’t have a place here in this neighbourhood anymore.”
The Amalek problem didn’t stop despite being brought up to the ICJ. In a Feb 14 Facebook post, a sergant from the Netsach Yehuda battalion in the West Bank wrote, “There is no mercy for the cruel! To continue until we fulfil the mitzvah to eliminate the seed of Amalek! To destroy them forever” (10/18)
On January 28, 2024, an IDF captain posted a picture of himself posing alongside Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The caption reads, “Wipe out Hamas!” and goes on to say, “Obliterate the remembrance of the Amalek” (11/18)
“Cursed Gaza, Cursed Amaleks!”
An Israeli soldier from Nahal Brigade who fought in Gaza City, posted images on Facebook showing damaged civilian infrastructure, incl a bombed-out apartment block, on November 27 2023. He added the caption, “Cursed Gaza, Cursed Amaleks!” (12/18)
A soldier from the 202nd Paratroopers Reserve, posted photos and videos of himself detaining Palestinians, presumably from Jabalia refugee camp, last month. He wrote “IDF will f*ck Gaza” on Israeli military vehicles & shared an image of this on his account. (13/18)
“That’s what the war is about”
An American in the Israeli military posted a video where he can be seen proudly displaying temple mount patches all over his uniform. He says that this is what they are fighting for
Calling for the destruction of al-Aqsa Mosque compound (14/18)
Another Israeli soldier, a Master Sergeant from the 9312 battalion posted pictures on 14 and 24 of December 2023 showing him taking food from an abandoned store and smoking shisha with other soldiers. (Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are starving, according to the UN) (15/18)
Another soldier, who owns a carpentry business, posted a video to the Instagram page of his company showing a factory he says he raided in Beit Hanoun.
In the video, he says that he would open a new branch of his shop there (16/18)
Israeli soldier posts a video of a Palestinian civilian being killed while walking unarmed in the middle of the street in Gaza city (17/18)
Israeli soldier from Khan Younis :
“It’s a really hard situation here. The humanitarian conditions, no one is left here. You can see here all the ruins from our shooting. This is Shati RC. I mean some blocks are still standing, it can still be taken care of” (18/18)
Same shit from Khan Younis. Israeli soldier:
“WE ARE HERE IN KHAN YOUNIS. I AM AN EXCAVATION WORKER TIDYING UP A BIT. RESHAPING THE PLACE. PUSHING THIS HOUSE THAT WAY, MOVE THAT HOUSE THAT WAY”
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