Israeli Atrocities in Gaza: A Shocking Account of War Crimes Documented on Social Media

Israel's actions in Gaza, meticulously documented online, reveal shocking violations of international law.

### Israeli War Crimes in Gaza: A Documented Atrocity
* 🗺️ The documentary exposes **Israeli war crimes** in Khirbet Khuza'a, a town of 13,000 people, completely destroyed by the Israeli army and documented by the soldiers themselves.
* 📱 Israeli soldiers **recorded and shared videos** on social media showcasing the destruction of Palestinian homes, including acts of vandalism and theft.
* 💔 The film highlights the **casual destruction of civilian property**, a violation of international law, and the **deliberate targeting of civilians**, including women and children.
* 🤖  **AI-powered targeting systems** were used by Israel, tracking Palestinians via their phones and social media to identify and kill them, particularly when they were at home.
* 🪖  The documentary contrasts the **Israeli soldiers' videos**, showing destruction and humiliation, with a surprising lack of footage depicting actual combat with Hamas fighters.
* 🏥 The **repeated attacks on hospitals** in Gaza are documented, including the use of a Palestinian detainee as a human messenger, who was subsequently killed.
* 💔 The film reveals the **impunity of Israeli soldiers**, who openly post videos of their actions online, including the killing of unarmed civilians.  "They're doing it, and they're recording it, and they're putting it on Facebook."
* 💔 The **high death toll among journalists** in Gaza (over 10%) is highlighted, illustrating the danger faced by media professionals and the lack of international protection.  The systematic abuse of detainees, including torture and rape, is also revealed.  The **death toll in Gaza is estimated to exceed a quarter of a million**, with a disproportionate number of children among the victims.

This is the film you will not see on the BBC or CNN, or any other Western media.

Over the last year, we have witnessed what is the greatest crime of the 21st century.

And perversely, it's a crime that has been meticulously documented and presented to us by the people who are carrying it out.

We at Al Jazeera have collated all that evidence; what it reveals is truly shocking.

We focus on the town of Khirbet Khuza'a, which is a small town of about 13,000 people.

The Israeli Army enters this town just after Christmas; it's emptied of people, and they simply destroy it.

And they record themselves doing it; they post before-and-after videos, and the town is entirely flattened.

There is no precedent for this in the whole history of the Israeli Army. We have become addicted to explosions.

The willful destruction of civilian property for punitive reasons, or even perhaps to create a buffer strip, is illegal.

You can't do that; it's against international law. And they're doing it, and they're recording it, and they're putting it on Facebook.

And we know the names of the soldiers and the commanders who did it. They go into the homes of Palestinians, and they're often clearly staying there.

And they just smash them up, and they film themselves smashing them up. They also delight in going through women's underwear drawers

and this is a sort of recurring obsession. You have to see Israeli soldier videos in the context

of the broader output of Israeli society. If you gave me a button to just erase Gaza,

every single living being in Gaza would no longer be living tomorrow; I would press it in a second. I would press it right now.

Give me that button and press it right now, there you go. And I think most Israelis would.

There's an Israeli song called "This Was My Home," and what they would do is dress up as caricatures

of, obviously, what they perceive Palestinians to be.  Being sung mockingly to people who no longer have homes.

We're not looking at some sort of obscure subculture within Israeli society; this is mainstream Israeli society.

When people tell you who they are, believe them. It's an entire nation out there that is responsible

and we will fight until we break their backbone.  972 Magazine carried a story about how the Israelis were using AI, artificial intelligence,

for targeting. Essentially, they had a problem; they wanted a rate of strikes in the Gaza Strip which human computation couldn't keep up with. They needed to use AI to identify these targets. They're

using people's phones and their social media—any information at all they can scrape about them—and then they track them through their phones. So, who are they talking to on their phone? Who are

they near as they're carrying their phones around? And they have a league table, and if you accumulate enough points, you can be killed. The terrifying thing is, how do you kill

them? Where do you kill them? And they reached the calculation that it's much easier to kill people

when they're at home, which is where the second bit of software kicks in, which is called "Where's Daddy?" The naming is indicative of a fairly dark sense of humor.

they can kill you, and of course, along with anyone else who is in the house as well. It's astonishing

what Israeli soldiers do put on film, but that raises the question of what they don't put on

film. You very rarely see them actually fighting. Every now and then you'll see them all firing

their guns, but usually pretty clear there's no income coming. On the other hand, what you see

a great deal of is them dressing up in women's underwear. Has Israel managed to destroy Hamas?

I would point to a really simple, common-sense thing. Israeli soldiers have posted thousands of videos

online. The IDF, the Israeli army, repeatedly posts videos online. Scour those videos for the bodies

of dead fighters, and there's remarkably few. I remember 20 years ago in Afghanistan when the

Taliban fell before the age of social media, and I remember making films about that footage with

piles of corpses. It's extraordinary how few dead Hamas fighters we are seeing. Another extraordinary

facet of this conflict is the repeated attacks on hospitals. They have assaulted every single

one of the 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip. We have the films of Muhammad al-Halul, a remarkable young

journalist who really chronicled the whole story of the Nasser Hospital. The Israelis are very keen

to drive people taking refuge in the hospital out, to force them further south. They send a messenger

into the hospital to order the people there to leave, and they use a detainee. They've made

it quite clear to him they know who his mother is, where she is, and that she will be killed if

he does not return. So he does return. They send him back because the people still aren't leaving.

People aren't leaving because they don't trust the Israelis. One of the few people who does leave is

his mother. She follows him out with a small group of other people, and he's killed—him—in

front of our eyes, having used him as a messenger, as a human shield effectively. They simply shoot

Him, they shoot him three times in front of our eyes and kill him. What is extraordinary about...

so many of the soldiers' videos is the sense of impunity they have. One particular video is the...

202nd Paratroopers. When they left Gaza, individuals within that unit put together a video. It's like...

a commemorative video, and it's edited and it's set to music and so on. It's been up on YouTube...

now for six months. It includes three men, separate incidents, men who are shot by snipers. They are...

putting up the killing of people who are clearly unarmed. And for soldiers to post this in their...

own names shows a sense that they simply don't have to account for their actions at all. Deaths...

by snipers are very common in the Gaza Strip, and it's not just adult men. There's a particular shot...

of a child, a young boy who was shot at the gates of the Al-Shifa hospital. It's then too dangerous to...

collect the body. If you're a sniper, you know who you're shooting; you've got very good sights and...

you know perfectly well what you're looking at. Muhammad al-Omari is almost killed numerous times.

One of the occasions is he's shot; he's wearing a flag jacket. They've actually managed to hit...

the thing that says 'Press'. One of the dreadful things about working as a journalist and as a...

human rights worker during this conflict is not only do you not have sort of immunity, as it were, you...

are positively a target. As Western journalists, you know, we sometimes work in very hairy situations, and we face danger and so on. What we don't generally wrestle with is the perpetual fear...

that they're going to murder our children and in fact, on a number of occasions, they have murdered

the families of Al Jazeera journalists. It's shameful that the international journalistic community has not stood up more, not just for Al Jazeera, but

for all those other journalists who have been killed in the Gaza Strip. Well over 10% of all journalists in Gaza have lost their lives since

this conflict began. The usual mortality rates expected of infantry soldiers is less than 5%, so we're talking about absolutely shocking levels of loss of life. Detainees are clearly

abused when they are first taken prisoner. We've all seen the images of them stripped to their

underwear; it's clearly designed to humiliate. We gathered accounts in the Gaza Strip of people

being beaten. We have a picture of one man who had a Star of David carved into his back in a

way that, for many, this is just a prelude to when they're taken into Israel to these detention

centers. In our film, we have one grotesque eyewitness account of a dog being used to rape

someone.  A UN report at the end of June identified 53 individuals who have been killed in Israeli

detention. There's a report on Israel's Channel 13, broadcasting to the world, advertising the fact, celebrating the fact that these men spend 24 hours in complete darkness with a single hole for

a toilet, in handcuffs, chained together with leg cuffs. The whole focus of the report is clearly

the Israeli public, and what they're trying to stress is how badly these people are being treated, because clearly the political issue within Israel is whether they're not being treated badly

enough. No one can hide here; no one can pretend they didn't know what was happening because

the Israelis were shouting it in our faces. Human shields are an enormously important topic, and it's

An absolute indictment of Western media, the way this is covered. The idea that Hamas, the Kassam Brigades, and so on, used the civilian population as human shields; there is no evidence that they are positively using them as human shields in the sense that they're hiding behind them, not allowing them to leave, or not telling them that they're there. A second point about that as well:

What is there about Israeli behavior over the last year that would lead anyone for a moment to think that the presence of civilians would lead them to hold their fire? There's absolutely nothing to suggest that they would respect the fact that there are civilians in the way and therefore not shoot, which means that it would be utterly pointless for Hamas.

I've looked at the Kassam Brigade's own combat videos, which are a stark contrast to the videos that the Israeli soldiers put online. There's over 300 of them, and they very often show successful attacks on tanks and other armored vehicles. These attacks all take place in desolate, abandoned landscapes. I have not seen a single civilian.

Now then, there is the secondary point: UN, international, and Israeli human rights organizations have found the Israelis to be guilty of using human shields. In the film, we have footage of this; you can see it there. They are hiding behind people, resting their guns on their shoulders. They've got a man, and he's being forced to go and inspect empty buildings, open the doors, and so on, so that if they're booby-trapped or if there's an ambush, he will get it. It's clearly absolutely systematic.

Now, the fact that the entirety of Western media and the Western political class continues to trot out this mantra about it being Hamas that hides behind human shields, when all of the abundant evidence suggests precisely the opposite... the Israelis today are saying that Hamas used Palestinians as human shields. Do they kill the victims, then blame Hamas?

the victims for killing themselves. I mean, what is this logic? Palestinian groups take their own people hostage. This is racism. This is sickness. The appalling caliber of the journalism

is just absolutely shocking. Israeli behavior is dependent on the indulgence of the West. We use

some of Matt Kennard's reporting in Declassified UK. Matt has done a lot of work exposing the role

of RAF Akrotiri, a place most British people probably haven't heard of, but we still own a

chunk of Cyprus, and we have a bloody great Air Force Base, and it is clearly playing a vital role

in this conflict. Right from the beginning of the conflict, you had huge military transport planes flying to Israel; numerous surveillance flights in the air for six hours at a time, sent from RAF

Akrotiri in Cyprus, over the Gaza Strip. The suspicion would be that they are providing

targeting information to the Israelis. Already by March, they'd accumulated a thousand hours of surveillance footage over the Gaza Strip. The government is not providing a satisfactory

explanation of what all this footage is being used for. Would he also explain what role, legally

or otherwise, Britain has played in overflying Gaza with surveillance aircraft and the use of Akrotiri as

a staging point for aircraft going to Israel, which many people believe are carrying weapons that were used to bomb Gaza? I am very comfortable with the support that we give to Israel, and I won't comment on

operational issues. The double standards of Western media and Western politicians are just breathtaking. I mean, you just have to look at David Lammy and Keir Starmer's response to the Iranian attack on Israel

which didn't actually kill anyone. I utterly condemn this attempt by the Iranian regime to

harm innocent Israelis, and they were straight to the lectern, condemning it in a way that they have

not condemned the Israelis who have killed over 40,000 people. It's quite clear that the lives of

One group of people are worth more than the lives of another group of people if Israel is attacked.

The Western media and Western politicians are full of rhetoric about Israel's right to defend itself. Israel has a right to defend itself. Israel has a right to self-defense. We stand with Israel and we recognize her right to self-defense.

If Israel attacks people, then the whole media narrative is about fears of escalation; in other words, the great danger that the other side might fight back. The double standards are just breathtaking.

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Documentary's premise and focus on Khirbet Khuza'a's destruction

The film presents evidence unseen in mainstream Western media.

It highlights the destruction of Khirbet Khuza'a as a major 21st-century crime.

The crime is meticulously documented by the perpetrators themselves.

Al Jazeera compiled evidence revealing shocking details.

The focus is on the town of Khirbet Khuza'a and its complete destruction by the Israeli army.

The destruction was recorded and posted online by the Israeli army.

Analysis of Israeli soldiers' actions and societal attitudes

The destruction of civilian property is illegal under international law.

Soldiers' actions include damaging Palestinian homes and filming the process.

Soldiers show an obsession with going through women's underwear drawers.

The soldiers' behavior reflects broader attitudes within Israeli society.

The speaker believes the entire nation bears responsibility for these actions.

Use of AI in targeting and the 'Where's Daddy?' software

Israel uses AI for targeting, exceeding the capabilities of human computation.

They use people's phones and social media to track and identify targets.

A points system determines who is targeted for killing.

'Where's Daddy?' software is used to identify when targets are at home for easier killing.

The name of the software indicates a dark sense of humor.

Lack of combat footage and focus on other actions in soldiers' videos

There is a lack of footage showing actual combat.

Soldiers' videos frequently show them dressing up in women's underwear.

The speaker questions the effectiveness of Israel's actions against Hamas.

The low number of dead Hamas fighters shown in online videos is noted.

Attacks on hospitals and the case of Muhammad al-Halul

All 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip have been attacked.

The story of journalist Muhammad al-Halul and his coverage of Nasser Hospital is highlighted.

Israelis tried to force people out of the hospital using a detainee as a messenger.

The messenger's mother was threatened to ensure his cooperation.

The messenger was killed after returning to the hospital.

Impunity of Israeli soldiers and the 202nd Paratroopers' video

Soldiers' videos show a sense of impunity.

The 202nd Paratroopers' video showcased killings of unarmed men.

The video was posted online for six months.

The soldiers posting the video shows a lack of accountability.

Sniper attacks also targeted children, including a boy at Al-Shifa hospital.

Targeting of journalists and the lack of international support

Journalists and human rights workers are targeted, lacking immunity.

The speaker highlights the fear of their children being murdered.

Families of Al Jazeera journalists have been murdered.

The international journalistic community hasn't adequately supported those killed in Gaza.

Over 10% of journalists in Gaza have died since the conflict began.

Abuse of detainees and the use of dogs for rape

Detainees are abused, stripped, and beaten.

A Star of David was carved into one man's back.

Detainees are taken to Israeli detention centers.

A UN report identified 53 individuals killed in Israeli detention.

The human shield narrative and Western media's role

The speaker criticizes Western media's portrayal of Hamas using human shields.

There's no evidence that Hamas actively uses civilians as human shields.

Israeli behavior suggests that the presence of civilians wouldn't deter them from firing.

Kassam Brigade videos show attacks in desolate areas without civilians.

International organizations have found Israel guilty of using human shields.

The speaker criticizes the poor quality of journalism covering the conflict.

Israeli behavior is enabled by Western indulgence.

The role of RAF Akrotiri in the conflict is highlighted.

Military transport planes and surveillance flights from RAF Akrotiri to Israel are mentioned.

The British government's lack of explanation for the surveillance footage is criticized.

The speaker highlights the double standards in Western media's response to the conflict.