Interviews support Israeli army misconduct in Gaza

[Scurrilous]

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"When Israeli soldiers expelled Abir Hijeh, her five children and their neighbors from homes in a Gaza war zone, she said they warned her in broken Arabic: Go south or you might get shot.

The group went the wrong way and came under fire from Israeli soldiers. Hijeh was wounded and her 2-year-old daughter was killed.

Hijeh's account of a sniper firing on civilians, along with soldiers' graffiti and destruction seen by The Associated Press in homes they commandeered, lend support to allegations of Israeli army misconduct during the onslaught in Gaza.

In recent testimony, Israeli soldiers told of vandalizing homes they seized to use as army posts, as well as relaxed rules of engagement, including hasty shooting at civilians. The soldiers, who spoke to a military prep school in a closed-door session, described an incident with similarities to the shooting of the Hijeh family."

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[Alamuti Lotus]

1. umm.. perhaps you didn't notice

the IDF investigated itself and said everything was ok. Why are you so anti-semetic?

[azurnoir]

2. I thought you knew

These so called soldiers are bad apples using rumor and hearsay to commit blood libel against the entire Jewish people and they definitely won't be getting any pizza!

[Alamuti Lotus]

3. DENIAL OF PIZZA?

That's a little too harsh a way to treat these brave heroes.. The IDF high command is playing a dangerous game, denial of pizza is the highest justification for massacre if I ever heard one.

[Sezu]

4. Perhps you both MISSED this part.

"The families' accounts were similar to those of the soldiers, though there were some discrepancies and no independent corroboration"

I guess NO independent corroboration passes for all the proof YOU need and it appears you are in good company around here and the world at large. Hang 'em high, THEN have the trial. Hope you are proud.

[shira]

5. pretty scary how the media frames this incident (admitted by the accuser as an accident)

into a deliberate, wanton act of cruelty by the IDF, and so many seemingly intelligent people buy into it like mindless sheep. Worse, when confronted with the reality, they refuse to let it go. They're so desperate to prove a narrative that it compromises their rationality. It's chilling, actually, because this is the dark past repeating itself all over again.

[Sezu]

7. Jenin, al-Durah, Dreyfus, it's all been done before. n/t

[bemildred]

6. Yes, independent investigations for all these incidents are essential. nt

[shira]

8. IDF soldiers speak out

http://www.soldiersspeakout.com/

[grassfed]

9. they returned the coca cola!

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/03/nyt-reports-israeli-soldier-returned-cocacola-to-store-in-gaza-after-his-mates-told-him-it-was-wrong.html