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Some Israeli soldiers refuse to keep fighting in Gaza (apnews.com)

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Yotam Vilk says the image of Israeli soldiers killing an unarmed Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip is seared in his mind.

An officer in the armored corps, Vilk said the instructions were to shoot any unauthorized person who entered an Israeli-controlled buffer zone in Gaza. He saw at least 12 people killed, he said, but it is the shooting of the teen that he can’t shake.

“He died as part of a bigger story. As part of the policy of staying there and not seeing Palestinians as people,” Vilk, 28, told The Associated Press.

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago

In Israel they're all conscripts. I get your point that in a professional army they'd self select, but this is basically a cross section of Israeli society (orthodox Jews excepted).