Israeli soldier's Gaza testimony: 'We killed military-age men without checking if they were armed'
What I did in Gaza: an Israeli soldier's reckoning
An Israeli soldier, Jonathan, recounts his service in Gaza to Breaking the Silence, describing how his unit operated without clear rules of engagement, treated all military-age males as targets, and used Palestinian civilians as human shields. He reflects on the moral erosion and the systematic nature of abuses, challenging the IDF's narrative of 'bad apples'.
We had cases when my unit killed a lot of people, and we didn’t check if they had uniforms or weapons.