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Israeli soldiers tell of indiscriminate killings by army and a culture of
impunity
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Whistleblowers' testimony shows desire for revenge on Palestinians
Conal Urquhart in Tel Aviv
Tuesday September 6, 2005
The Guardian
From a distance of 70 metres and through the sight of his machine gun, Assaf
could tell that the Palestinian man was aged between 20 and 30, unarmed and
trying to get away from an Israeli tank. But the details didn't matter much,
because Assaf's orders were to "fire at anything that moved".
Assaf, a soldier in the Israeli army, pressed the trigger, firing scores of
bullets as the body fell to the ground. "He ran and I started shooting for a
few seconds. He fell. I was a machine. I fire. I leave and that's that. We
never spoke about it afterwards."
It was the summer of 2002, and Assaf and his armoured unit had been ordered
to enter the Gaza town of Dir al Balah following the firing of mortars into
nearby Jewish settlements. His orders were, he told the Guardian, "'Every
person you see on the street, kill him'. And we would just do it."
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1563255,00.html