The moral army films its own war crime

Ilias Achkaoukaou

Warcrimes - 08 January 2024 - 2 min

In a controversial incident raising serious ethical and legal questions, the Israeli military, often criticized for its war crimes, is now again at the center of a heated debate over their operations.

It doesn’t happen often that an army brands itself as a moral army but commit more war crimes than the whole existence of its country and definitely not that it shares its own war crimes. 

On October 10^th, the military's official Twitter account shared a video claiming an exchange of fire with "four armed terrorists," who were subsequently "eliminated" near Zikim Beach in the occupied region of Palestine.

However, the video in question paints a different picture. It distinctly shows the four individuals with their hands raised, either in a gesture of surrender or to demonstrate they were unarmed. This stark contradiction has ignited accusations of war crimes, as targeting individuals in surrender violates international laws and norms (Mahmoud Naffakh, 2023). 

The Israeli Occupation Force, IOF, which has faced scrutiny for its propaganda efforts, does not appear to put some efforts anymore to hide their war crimes. Now a days, they provide us with the footage.

 For the video, see it here

Mahmoud Naffakh, D. T. (2023, 10 13). The Oberservers France 24. Retrieved from Israeli army tweets video that appears to show soldiers shooting Palestinians who surrendered: https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231013-israeli-army-tweets-video-that-appears-to-show-soldiers-shooting-palestinians-who-surrendered