The photo series joins the series of photos and videos that have recently caused headaches for the Israeli army, reports AP.
The plastic skeleton, which the Israeli soldiers are said to have come across in the Gaza Strip on Christmas Day, is carried around as if in a dance and strapped into the passenger seat of a car, in honor of the press photographer.
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The images are released as the Israeli army vows to take disciplinary action after a “handful of isolated cases” of malicious or thoughtless behavior among its soldiers.
According to AP, this concerns videos and photos that have gone viral in recent days.
They show Israeli soldiers rummaging through private homes in Gaza, destroying plastic figurines in a toy store, trying to burn supplies of food and water on the plane of an abandoned truck or dancing in circles with their arms around each other chanting racist slogans.
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Outcry
The images cause trouble for the Israeli army, which is facing an international outcry over the increasing civilian death toll in its war against Hamas, AP writes.
Furthermore, the news agency writes that such videos are not a new or unique phenomenon.
Over the years, Israeli soldiers – and members of the US and other military forces – have been caught on camera behaving inappropriately or maliciously in conflict zones.
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Does not arouse resentment
The new videos do not seem to be apt to arouse resentment in Israel.
Critics claim they reflect a national mood that strongly supports the war in Gaza, with little empathy for the plight of Gaza’s civilians.
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– The dehumanization, which starts from the top, descends very quickly to the soldiers, says Dror Sadot, a spokeswoman for the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem, which has long documented Israeli abuses against Palestinians.
Israel has been involved in fierce fighting in Gaza since October 7, when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages.
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2023-12-29 14:03:31
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