Watan-Footage has documented one of the ugliest crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The footage shows Israeli soldiers killing an elderly Palestinian man during a raid on a house west of Gaza City in the northern part of the Strip.
These scenes were captured by a camera belonging to one of the Israeli soldiers, documenting the moments of the house raid by the soldiers and the killing of the elderly man who was alone in the house.
The footage also showed one of the soldiers admitting during a conversation with his colleagues outside the building to killing the unarmed elderly man, who was gesturing with his empty hands to confirm that, while other soldiers showed approval of what the soldier had done.
Gaza witnesses brutal crimes in Israeli warfare
The soldiers then returned inside the building and fired at the body of the elderly man despite there being no threat to them or any clashes in the area. Gaza witnesses brutal crimes in Israeli warfare The Israeli occupation army continues to commit massacres in the Gaza Strip since October 7th of last year.
#الجزيرة تعرض مشاهد خاصة التقطتها كاميرا أحد الجنود الإسرائيليين في 6 نوفمبر الماضي، توثق قتل مسن فلسطيني أعزل في اقتحام منزل غرب مدينة #غزة#حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/BNX2af5EiO
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) March 8, 2024
The crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip are described as contrary to international humanitarian law, ranging from massacres to holocausts to genocide, reaching a level of brutality that exceeds mere ethical failure to something more.
19 types of war crimes
The Gaza Government Media Office previously revealed that the occupation committed 19 types of war crimes and crimes against humanity contrary to international law, with deliberate killing at the top.
The report by the Gaza Government Media Office also pointed out that the occupation forced two million Palestinians into forced displacement.
It also made hundreds of civilians human shields during the aggression, especially in the neighborhoods of Zaytoun, Sheikh Radwan, Nasr, Al-Maghazi Camp, and the western Gaza area.