🧵 “This village shall no longer exist”
We reveal for the 1st time details of the genocidal plan “Operation Oz & Nir” in Khan Younis conducted last Dec
Testimony is from an Israeli officer of 6261st battalion, 261 brigade. He’s been in Gaza for months & was in Rafah days ago ->
We reveal for the 1st time details of the genocidal plan “Operation Oz & Nir” in Khan Younis conducted last Dec
Testimony is from an Israeli officer of 6261st battalion, 261 brigade. He’s been in Gaza for months & was in Rafah days ago ->
Excerpts
• “2 weeks ago, it was Khirbat Akhzaya's turn to bear the consequences of their decision to attack the Jewish people.”
• “For 1st time, I understood the value of the piles of concrete & iron that became a symbol of the war. This village.. should no longer exist.”
• “2 weeks ago, it was Khirbat Akhzaya's turn to bear the consequences of their decision to attack the Jewish people.”
• “For 1st time, I understood the value of the piles of concrete & iron that became a symbol of the war. This village.. should no longer exist.”
• “Destroyed buildings, burnt greenhouses & even dead terrorists are not a strategic achievement. They are the most basic CONSEQUENCE that anyone who dared to LEND A HAND OR LOOKED THE OTHER WAY reg. Oct 7th must bear.”
• “In the past 2 weeks, we conquered & destroyed Khizaa”
• “In the past 2 weeks, we conquered & destroyed Khizaa”
• “We hung the Israeli flag and the Nir Oz flag on the municipality building, the school, and the mosque. Then we blew them up.”
• “I glanced via a hole in the wall made by a tank shell. I saw 1st rows of houses we had already passed and searched, now in stages of demolition”
• “I glanced via a hole in the wall made by a tank shell. I saw 1st rows of houses we had already passed and searched, now in stages of demolition”
The testimony in full:
“On October 7th, terrorists raided Israeli settlements, slaughtering, raping, and kidnapping our brothers and sisters.
One of the places from which those terrorists emerged on that cursed morning was Khirbat Akhzaya, one of the villages closest to the border, a short distance from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Magen, Nirim, and others. Two weeks ago, it was Khirbat Akhzaya's turn to bear the consequences of their decision to attack the Jewish people.
The operation "Oz and Nir" had several missions. I will not enumerate them nor delve into the military side, which is entirely secondary in my view.
There was a moment, in one of the first days, while scanning a house for weapons, tunnels, and intelligence material, I glanced through a hole in the wall made by a tank shell. I saw the first rows of houses we had already passed and searched, now in stages of demolition, and in the not-too-distant horizon, I saw the fields and orchards of the surrounding kibbutzim, the ash trees near the fence, and the prominent Nirlat factory near Kibbutz Nir Oz. I paused for a moment and recalled the last three months.
That Saturday morning when we woke up to a war marked by the most horrendous atrocities imaginable.
In shock.
In incomprehension.
In disbelief.
The number of casualties and hostages continued to rise every day: 100, 300, 500.
Unimaginable numbers.
Apocalyptic.
I thought about the faces I knew that entered my heart and consciousness even if I didn't know them in life, who are no longer with us.
And I saw the destruction we were bringing upon this cursed village from which the terrorists emerged, who kidnapped the redheaded twins with their mother, went house to house in Nir Oz, burning, killing, and raping. For the first time, I understood the value of the piles of concrete and iron that became a symbol of the war.
This village, like any place from which terrorists emerge, should no longer exist.
Destroyed buildings, burnt greenhouses, and even dead terrorists are not a strategic achievement.
They are the most basic consequence that anyone who dared to lend a hand or even looked the other way regarding October 7th must bear.
In the past two weeks, we conquered and destroyed Khirbat Akhzaya.
We hung the Israeli flag and the Nir Oz flag on the municipality building, the school, and the mosque.
Then we blew them up.
I fought alongside the best people there are.
People who have been living in an alternative reality for more than 90 days.
Who left everything to cover for the failures of the government and the defense establishment on the morning of October 7th and since then have seen their children, wives, and parents four or five times.
Whose jobs are pressing them, whose businesses are collapsing, and whose semesters are lost, but they go house to house with open magazines and sharpened senses, searching for terrorists, explosives, and findings that will bring us closer to the hostages and tunnels so that the residents of Israel can once again live in peace and security, which they deserve.
And we all understand that even when the missions here in Gaza end, our work has only just begun.”
“On October 7th, terrorists raided Israeli settlements, slaughtering, raping, and kidnapping our brothers and sisters.
One of the places from which those terrorists emerged on that cursed morning was Khirbat Akhzaya, one of the villages closest to the border, a short distance from Kibbutz Nir Oz, Magen, Nirim, and others. Two weeks ago, it was Khirbat Akhzaya's turn to bear the consequences of their decision to attack the Jewish people.
The operation "Oz and Nir" had several missions. I will not enumerate them nor delve into the military side, which is entirely secondary in my view.
There was a moment, in one of the first days, while scanning a house for weapons, tunnels, and intelligence material, I glanced through a hole in the wall made by a tank shell. I saw the first rows of houses we had already passed and searched, now in stages of demolition, and in the not-too-distant horizon, I saw the fields and orchards of the surrounding kibbutzim, the ash trees near the fence, and the prominent Nirlat factory near Kibbutz Nir Oz. I paused for a moment and recalled the last three months.
That Saturday morning when we woke up to a war marked by the most horrendous atrocities imaginable.
In shock.
In incomprehension.
In disbelief.
The number of casualties and hostages continued to rise every day: 100, 300, 500.
Unimaginable numbers.
Apocalyptic.
I thought about the faces I knew that entered my heart and consciousness even if I didn't know them in life, who are no longer with us.
And I saw the destruction we were bringing upon this cursed village from which the terrorists emerged, who kidnapped the redheaded twins with their mother, went house to house in Nir Oz, burning, killing, and raping. For the first time, I understood the value of the piles of concrete and iron that became a symbol of the war.
This village, like any place from which terrorists emerge, should no longer exist.
Destroyed buildings, burnt greenhouses, and even dead terrorists are not a strategic achievement.
They are the most basic consequence that anyone who dared to lend a hand or even looked the other way regarding October 7th must bear.
In the past two weeks, we conquered and destroyed Khirbat Akhzaya.
We hung the Israeli flag and the Nir Oz flag on the municipality building, the school, and the mosque.
Then we blew them up.
I fought alongside the best people there are.
People who have been living in an alternative reality for more than 90 days.
Who left everything to cover for the failures of the government and the defense establishment on the morning of October 7th and since then have seen their children, wives, and parents four or five times.
Whose jobs are pressing them, whose businesses are collapsing, and whose semesters are lost, but they go house to house with open magazines and sharpened senses, searching for terrorists, explosives, and findings that will bring us closer to the hostages and tunnels so that the residents of Israel can once again live in peace and security, which they deserve.
And we all understand that even when the missions here in Gaza end, our work has only just begun.”
The officer, who is also a settler from the illegal outpost of Tokua built on Palestinian land in Bethlehem, has made highly disturbing calls for genocide, this time written in perfect English:
Oct 18, “All Targets in Gaza are legitimate”
Calls to carpet bomb Gaza:
“It's time to take the moral high ground and carpet bomb Gaza until they beg us to stop.. it is going to claim the lives of tens of thousands of Arabs in Gaza. Many of them non combatants.And that that is the most moral thing we can do right now”
“It's time to take the moral high ground and carpet bomb Gaza until they beg us to stop.. it is going to claim the lives of tens of thousands of Arabs in Gaza. Many of them non combatants.And that that is the most moral thing we can do right now”
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