In Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves | Opinion
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Innocent Palestinians are regularly forced by soldiers to enter houses in Gaza to make sure there are no terrorists or explosives. So why is the IDF’s Military Police Criminal Investigation Division opening only six investigations into the use of human shields?

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  • finder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    3 days ago

    It didn’t go through without pushback. Soldiers and officers resisted. I resisted. But that’s what happens when the senior command doesn’t care and the politicians even less. That’s what happens when you’re quick on the trigger and operationally burned-out to the max. That’s what happens when you’re in an unending war that fails to bring the hostages back alive month after month. You lose moral judgment.

    Thought that part was interesting.

    • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 days ago

      I heard certain guards overlooking certain camps said the same thing.

      If someone asks me to commit genocide, it’s going to take a bit more then “pushback” to get me to do it.

      • dalekcaan@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        3 days ago

        Yeah sorry, having a real hard time sympathizing with "this war is taking too long and my boss is mean, I had no choice but to do a war crime :( "