Testimonies provided by more than 60 Israeli soldiers who fought in last summer’s war in Gaza have raised serious questions over whether Israel’s tactics breached its obligations under international law to distinguish and protect civilians.
Israeli soldier testimony: ‘Most of our shooting was random... we didn’t think about civilian casualties’ – video
Israeli soldier testimony: ‘Most of our shooting was random... we didn’t think about civilian casualties’ – video
The claims – collected by the human rights group Breaking the Silence – are contained in dozens of interviews with Israeli combatants, as well as with soldiers who served in command centres and attack rooms, a quarter of them officers up to the rank of major.