Israeli snipers admit shooting unarmed Palestinian children at “killing field” Gaza aid sites
- Israeli snipers admit to systematically killing unarmed Palestinian civilians, including children, at Gaza aid distribution sites.
- Soldiers describe daily massacres as deliberate IDF policy, using live fire, artillery, and machine guns against starving crowds.
- More than 2,400 Palestinians have been killed and 18,000 wounded while seeking food, with no accountability from Israel or the U.S.
- IDF troops suffer severe PTSD, with many refusing redeployment, while commanders dismiss child deaths as justified in war.
- The U.S. funds and endorses Israel’s starvation-and-shoot strategy, enabling what experts call a campaign of extermination against Gaza’s civilians.
A horrifying reality is unfolding in Gaza, where Israeli snipers from the IDF’s Nahal Brigade have confessed to systematically shooting unarmed Palestinians, including children, as they wait for humanitarian aid.
According to a bombshell report from Haaretz, a sniper identified only as “Benny” revealed that he fires 50-60 bullets daily at civilians who cross an invisible IDF-imposed boundary near aid distribution sites. “I’ve stopped counting kills,” he admitted. “I have no idea how many I’ve killed, a lot. Children.”
Another soldier, “Yoni,” described mowing down two children, ages 8 to 10, with a machine gun after a false alarm about “terrorists” approaching. When he realized his mistake, his commander coldly dismissed it: “They entered an extermination zone, it is their fault, this is what war is like.”
A pattern of war crimes, not “isolated incidents”
Since May, 2,497 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid, with another 18,294 wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. These aren’t accidental casualties; they’re the result of deliberate IDF policies to disperse crowds with live fire, including heavy machine guns, mortars, and artillery shells. One soldier described the scene as “a killing field,” where “one to five people are killed every day”—not for posing a threat, but for the crime of being hungry.
The IDF’s justification? “They’re treated like a hostile force,” said one soldier. “No crowd-control measures, no tear gas—just live fire.” Another officer admitted that the army fires at civilians at night to prevent them from approaching aid sites too early, even if they can’t see the boundaries. “We fired machine guns from tanks and threw grenades,” he recounted. “In the end, one of the shells landed on a group of people.”
Soldiers breaking under the weight of moral injury
The psychological toll on IDF troops is devastating. Benny, the sniper, revealed he now suffers from nightmares, flashbacks, and involuntary urination—symptoms of severe PTSD. “It’s killing me, it’s scarred my life,” he said. “I smell a bad odor, and my mind immediately interprets it as the smell of bodies.”
Thousands of Israeli soldiers have refused to return to combat due to moral injury, with some attempting suicide. One officer admitted that “dozens of soldiers” in his unit alone have begged to be reassigned. Yet the IDF continues to threaten dissidents with prison rather than address the systemic brutality.
A system designed to starve and kill
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.-backed aid group operating under Netanyahu’s approval, runs distribution sites where these massacres occur. Despite claims of neutrality, the GHF has been accused of weaponizing aid, with IDF forces firing on civilians to control access. “Gaza doesn’t interest anyone anymore,” one reservist said. “The loss of human life means nothing.”
Human Rights Watch has already condemned Israel for war crimes at these sites, citing evidence that the IDF deliberately targets aid seekers. The pattern is undeniable: starve the population, then shoot those who dare to seek food.
If this were happening anywhere else—if a foreign military were executing children for waiting in line for bread—the world would scream for justice. Yet because the victims are Palestinian, the silence is deafening.
The IDF’s own legal officials have rejected claims that these killings are “isolated incidents,” noting that artillery, snipers, and drones are being used against unarmed civilians daily. Meanwhile, the U.S. continues to fund and arm Israel, even as its soldiers admit to war crimes in real time.
The evidence is overwhelming: Israel is not just at war with Hamas—it is waging a campaign of extermination against Gaza’s civilian population. Soldiers are ordered to kill the hungry, commanders dismiss child deaths as “their fault,” and the world looks away.
If this isn’t genocide, what is?
Sources for this article include:
News.Antiwar.com
Haaretz.com
Haaretz.com
NewArab.com
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