
️BREAKING: Haaretz Investigation Confirms Israeli Soldiers Ordered to Fire on Unarmed Civilians at Aid Sites in Gaza
A major Haaretz investigation has revealed that Israeli soldiers were ordered to shoot unarmed, starving Palestinians near food aid distribution centers in Gaza even when there was no threat. Soldiers described these areas as a “killing field,” noting, “There’s no enemy, no weapons.”
➤ Systematic Shootings: Soldiers said the orders to fire were clear: shoot to keep people away from aid centers before and after they open. One described the tactic as “Operation Salted Fish”, Israel’s version of Red Light, Green Light: “We shoot, they run, we shoot again. This is our communication.”
➤ Mass Casualties: Since May 27, 549 Palestinians have been killed and over 4,000 injured near aid centers, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Many were simply waiting for UN food trucks.
➤ Lethal Weapons Used: Testimonies revealed the IDF used machine guns, tanks, grenade launchers, and mortars against crowds. No warning shots, no riot control, just live fire.
➤ “No Threat, No Weapons”: One soldier said, “I can say unequivocally that the people were not close to the forces and did not endanger them. They just… killed them. They normalized killing innocents.”
➤ Deliberate Messaging: Troops were told to fire “to signal to the population that this is a combat zone.” One was ordered to fire a shell into a crowd “to send a message.”
➤ Demolitions Tied to Killings: Soldiers reported private contractors working near aid sites to demolish homes—implying people were killed to make room for destruction. “People are being killed so someone can knock down a house and get paid,” said one fighter.
➤ Aid Controlled by GHF: The aid centers are run by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), founded by Israel with the help of U.S. evangelical allies close to Trump and Netanyahu. The checkpoints open for just one hour daily.
➤ IDF Suppressing Evidence: Officers said the army is suppressing footage from aid centers and using GHF to maintain the illusion of humanitarian care.
➤ War Crime Investigation Launched: Israel’s military prosecution has ordered a review by the General Staff’s Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to determine whether the shootings constitute war crimes.
A Senior Reserve Officer said:
“We were constantly told there are no uninvolved people in Gaza—and apparently that seeped into the forces.”
“They just normalized this thing called killing innocents.”

️BREAKING: Press Statement No. (874) issued by the Government Media Office:

Confessions by Israeli Soldiers and Officers to "Haaretz" on Deliberate Shooting at Thousands of Starving Civilians Reveal a Systematic Mass Execution Crime Near Gaza's Death Traps
In light of the shocking revelations published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, where soldiers and officers of the Israeli occupation army confessed to deliberately shooting at starving Palestinian civilians near the so-called “American-Israeli aid distribution centers” — which are in fact death traps — we affirm to the local and international public that these testimonies constitute an internal, documented admission of war crimes and systematic mass murder against the people of Gaza, who have endured months of siege and starvation.
The report’s disclosure of direct military orders to fire on unarmed civilians who posed no threat — using heavy machine guns, artillery, and grenades against peaceful crowds waiting for food — is further evidence that the Israeli occupation army is enacting an organized policy of extermination under a false humanitarian guise labeled as “relief.” These testimonies also expose the army’s collusion with private security firms and contractors for profit at the expense of innocent blood.
We urgently call upon international institutions, the Human Rights Council, and the International Criminal Court to immediately intervene to open the crossings, break the siege, and deliver aid through official UN and international humanitarian channels — unconditionally and without delay. We urge these bodies to criminalize these documented massacres that clearly point to systematic genocide, and to prosecute the occupying army’s commanders and soldiers in international courts without delay. The world’s silence on these atrocities is tantamount to complicity in the crime.
We strongly condemn the ongoing acts of genocide against thousands of starving civilians in Gaza and hold the Israeli occupation, the United States, and complicit states such as the United Kingdom, France, and Germany fully responsible for these systematic crimes. We call on all free nations of the world to break the siege on Gaza by all means and to stop the ongoing genocide, starvation, and blockade against 2.4 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
✍ *Government Media Office*
Gaza Strip – Palestine
Friday, 27 June 2025
The most frustrating part is that Palestinians have been shouting and reporting about this since May 27, but it clearly takes an Israeli outlet to report it for the world to pay attention and acknowledge the reality: Israel is killing Palestinians seeking aid.
This is not to diminish the work of the outlet Haaretz, but to highlight the dehumanization of Palestinians and the world’s unwillingness to pay attention to what they are reporting and saying.
Mike