A report reveals testimonies of Israeli soldiers on the systematic destruction of Gaza under the pretext of establishing a buffer zone

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The testimonies of Israeli soldiers who served in the Gaza Strip revealed that the army systematically carried out comprehensive destruction operations with the aim of establishing a buffer zone known as & quot; Primter & quot; It extends to a depth of kilometers or more inside Gaza. And testimonies mentioned in a new report issued by & quot “breaking silence & quot; Israeli that the Israeli forces received direct instructions to carry out comprehensive destruction operations in the areas near the border, with the aim of removing all buildings and installations and turning the area into & quot; completely flat land & quot;, according to the expression of a soldier. The organization said in its report: & quot; this process remained, with the necessary procedures for its implementation, the risks involved, its repercussions, and the costs of it – greatly folded. Through the deliberate and wide destruction, the army paved the way for future Israeli control over the region & quot;. The report continued: & quot; One of the most important elements of this control was the establishment of a new buffer zone separating Gaza from Israel, which the soldiers simply called the ocean & quot; indicating the existence of testimonies of soldiers and officers who participated in the creation of & quot; the premier & quot; And turn it into a comprehensive destruction area. A soldier who served in the northern Gaza Strip said that the mission was to eliminate everything that exists: houses, farms, olive trees, eggplant fields & quot, indicating that tanks and engineering mechanisms such as D9 were used to comb and settle the land. In other testimonies, soldiers and officers who served in the northern and southern Gaza Strip indicated that the operations were carried out according to accurate planning, in which the areas were divided into specific sectors, which are assigned to different units, so that each group is required to destroy a specific number of buildings daily. According to one of the testimonies, the task required the destruction of & quot; between five to seven homes per day for each unit, sometimes reaching fifty buildings per week, according to the availability of ammunition and explosives & quot; in a comprehensive and systematic destruction of the border area of ​​the sector. A number of soldiers talked about intense artillery shelling, during which dozens of shells were fired in intense and continuous fiery missions that sometimes lasted for about half a day, with the aim of & quot; Field Drainage & quot; as described by one of the soldiers. A soldier said that his mission was to firing approximately 12 shells during one operation, in the context of what is known as the task of leveling the land, noting that & quot; everyone who approaches the site after its evacuation is considered suspicious and immediately targeted & quot;. An officer in the reserve also pointed out that & quot; the border was actually redefined as an extermination zone & quot, saying that any person who exceeds a default line has previously set by the army is considered a threat, and the soldiers are given the freedom to act by shooting & quot. He added, “There were no clear orders to shoot, but rather an area of ​​freedom of field appreciation among the unit leaders. Whoever exceeds the line, is treated as a danger that must be eliminated & quot;. The testimonies show that the military orders received by the soldiers were clear about dealing with anyone approaching & quot; the premier area & quot;. According to the testimony of one of the officers, the instructions were & quot; the killing of any adult man appearing inside the area, while women and children were firing at them & quot; with his assertion that & quot; Another soldier indicated that the army has actually established a line that prevents it from being overlooked, and everyone who took it is considered a target. Other testimonies talked about the deliberate expansion of & quot; Al -Barmetter & quot;, which previously extended up to 300 meters from the border, to reach today between 800 and 1500 meters inside the Gaza Strip.

& nbsp; That this area, which extends from the northern Gaza Strip to the border area with Egypt in the south, has become treated as an open fire field where civilians are prohibited from being in it, and its land is entirely worn with engineering mechanisms and tanks. The statements show that the goal of destroying the areas near the border fence is not only limited to the ongoing operations, but also extends to the creation of a permanent new reality that prevents any possibility to reuse these areas. According to one of the officers, the goal was & quot; preparing the land so that it is completely free of any buildings or infrastructure, to ensure the freedom of the forces of the forces, and to secure a clear vision of shooting and control & quot;. One of the soldiers said that the orders were to require & quot; settling everything that exists so that only piles of rubble remained & quot, explaining that the engineering units used heavy bulldozers and explosives to settle buildings up to the basis, including homes, fields, laboratories, infrastructure facilities and even graves, with the aim of creating & quot; empty security tape & quot; Its depth reaches one and a half kilometers, and prevents Palestinian civilians to completely enter it. According to the testimonies, the operations were not limited to destroying supposed military targets, but rather extended to include complete residential neighborhoods, schools, mosques, cemeteries, industrial and agricultural facilities, without distinguishing between what is civilian and what is suspected of resistance. One of the soldiers said that the orders of the destruction were & quot; comprehensive and methodological & quot; and that all that was in the scope of & quot; Permeter & quot; It was completely removed & quot; so that there is only a wide -like rubbing of a completely destroyed city & quot, as he put it. Some certificates questioned the legitimacy of these operations, noting that the instructions took place without clear shooting orders or internal accounting standards, in light of the Israeli army defining the buffer zone as & quot; It is allowed to kill anyone who exceeds it. One of the officers stated: & quot; everyone through this virtual line is a threat, and he was sentenced to death without discussion & quot;. Another added: & quot; We shot just because someone approached. In some cases, these were hungry to pick the hibiscus plant, but they were targeted on the pretext that they were hiding or pose a danger & quot;

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