Israel allegedly drugs flour bags distributed as aid to Palestinians; at least 62 killed today in Gaza

“We fired machineguns from tanks and threw grenades… There was one incident where a group of civilians was hit while advancing under the cover of fog,” one soldier was quoted by Haaretz as saying.

Another soldier told the newspaper that where he was stationed in Gaza, between “one and five people were killed every day.”

“It’s a killing field,” the soldier said.

Responding to the “shocking confessions,” Gaza’s Government Media Office reiterated that “war crimes” are taking place in the enclave.

“The report’s direct military orders to fire on unarmed civilians who pose no threat, and the use of heavy machine guns, artillery, and shells against peaceful gatherings waiting for food, are further evidence that the Israeli occupation army is pursuing a systematic policy of genocide under the false guise of ‘relief’,” the Media Office said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army “strongly rejected” the accusations in the report and said the allegations will be investigated.

“Any allegation of a deviation from the law or [military] directives will be thoroughly examined, and further action will be taken as necessary. The allegations of deliberate fire toward civilians presented in the article are not recognized in the field,” the military said in a statement.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz condemned the report as a “blood libel” on the IDF.

“The IDF operates under difficult conditions against a terrorist enemy that operates from within the civilian population… IDF soldiers receive clear orders to avoid harming innocent civilians, and they act accordingly,” they said in a statement carried by The Times of Israel.

Multiple reports including from UN agencies, have found Israel to have deliberately targeted civilians in its genocidal war on Gaza.

Israel has so far killed at least 56,331 Palestinians in Gaza, with more than half being women and children. Israel has also targeted and killed hundreds of journalists, health care workers and aid workers. Israel has also targeted hospitals, refugee camps, schools and residential complexes, causing mass casualties of civilians, mostly children.

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