Israeli troops and tanks deployed near an agricultural field at the border with the Gaza Strip. (Credit: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
In the early months of the war in Gaza, Israeli soldiers were ordered to methodically and deliberately raze buildings and farmland located at the enclave's border to create a buffer zone, cleared of all human life, about a mile and a half deep from north to south.Today, the perimeter surrounding the enclave reveals a desolate landscape similar to "Hiroshima." This emerged from the statements of Israeli soldiers who served since Oct. 8, 2023, in the Palestinian enclave, supported by a report from an army commander involved in planning the buffer zone. All spoke anonymously. Violent accounts were collected and published Monday by Breaking the Silence, a watchdog group founded in 2004 by former Israeli soldiers aimed at denouncing the army's conduct in the Palestinian territories.!function(d,s,id){var...
In the early months of the war in Gaza, Israeli soldiers were ordered to methodically and deliberately raze buildings and farmland located at the enclave's border to create a buffer zone, cleared of all human life, about a mile and a half deep from north to south.Today, the perimeter surrounding the enclave reveals a desolate landscape similar to "Hiroshima." This emerged from the statements of Israeli soldiers who served since Oct. 8, 2023, in the Palestinian enclave, supported by a report from an army commander involved in planning the buffer zone. All spoke anonymously. Violent accounts were collected and published Monday by Breaking the Silence, a watchdog group founded in 2004 by former Israeli soldiers aimed at denouncing the army's conduct in the Palestinian territories.!function(d,s,id){var...