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Seneca Was Wrong

3 8
02.07.2025

Illustration by Paola Bilancieri.

A recent report by Haaretz, one of the most prestigious Israeli newspapers, on IDF soldiers’ actions against Palestinians civilians looking for food, represents a damning accusation of the soldiers’ behavior. Predictably, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz rejected those claims and called them ‘blood libels’

According to the report, based on interviews with IDF officers and soldiers, the commanders ordered Israeli troops to shoot at crowds at food distribution centers to drive then away or disperse them, even though they posed no threat to the soldiers.

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza reports that 549 people have been killed near food distribution centers while waiting for UN food trucks since May 27. In addition, over 4,000 people have been wounded, although the exact number of those killed or injured by IDF fire remains unclear.

Haaretz informs that the Military Advocate General has instructed the IDF General Staff’s Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism – a body which reviews incidents involving potential violations of the laws of war—to investigate suspected war crimes at these sites. Previous investigations of that........

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