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Israel┤s genocide in Gaza may go down as the first genocide in history
where the perpetrators have documented, posted, shared and celebrated
their crimes on social media.
Over the past 10 months, Israeli soldiers in Gaza have taken photos
and videos of themselves while they blew up homes and schools, and
tortured captives.
To boast of their atrocities against civilians, Israeli forces have
routinely filmed themselves demolishing residential blocks in Gaza,
which they proceeded to share online. In June, an Israeli soldier
filmed himself walking triumphantly amid the ruins and rubble of a
destroyed neighborhood in Gaza, while boasting: "We were asked to
clear the area. Blow it all up. What can I do, I┤m an obedient
soldier. Tomorrow there won┤t be anything here."
The most disturbing photos feature Israeli soldiers posing mockingly
with belongings of slain Palestinians, mainly women┤s underwear, or
playing with Palestinian children┤s toys and bikes.
Israeli soldiers have recorded themselves looting jewelry, clothes,
and valuables from the homes of Palestinians they have bombed and
ethnically cleansed in Gaza.
Many photos feature soldiers basking gleefully in the ruins of bombed
homes, schools and hospitals. A recent photo, taken in the wake of a
horrific massacre in Gaza City, shows a group of Israeli soldiers
posing, some with smiles, in front of a destroyed hospital they had
converted into a military base.
In some cruel instances, the soldiers filmed themselves inside
occupied homes in Gaza: cooking food left uneaten by victims, drinking
Arabic coffee, lying in bathtubs, urinating on the ruins of homes, or throwing food at demolished houses to mock starving Palestinians.
Many photos feature soldiers with defenseless Palestinian captives. An Israeli soldier recently shared a photo on his private Instagram
account showing himself in a destroyed building in Rafah, hovering
over kidnapped Palestinians in inhumane conditions, all blindfolded
and handcuffed while lying on the floor.
By posting these photos, the soldiers wish to cast themselves in a
heroic image back home.
However, sometimes this can backfire. For
instance, in December, an Israeli soldier was filmed holding a gun
over a young Palestinian man, Hamza Abu Halima, from Shuja┤iyya
neighborhood in Gaza City. The soldier then posted the video online,
and a screenshot taken from the video went viral. It showed Hamza,
stripped of his clothes, facing the soldier fearlessly and defiantly.
It made Hamza an icon of bravery and resilience, earning him the title
"Lion of Gaza." The soldier deleted the video.
nod to genocide.
Unbound by the moral corruption of the U.S. political class,
anti-genocide activists are calling for a mass mobilization to arrest Netanyahu for war crimes. Jewish Voice for Peace and dozens of partner
organizations will issue a mass notice of citizen┤s arrest for
Netanyahu. Humanity itself is at stake. If there remains a shred of
justice in this world, Netanyahu should be arrested for his war crimes
on the Senate floor.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-soldiers-flaunt-war-crimes-online-why-arent-they-held-accountable/