Israeli troops speaking out on IDF conduct during war on Gaza

Watch the Al Jazeera special on Israeli troops speaking out.

IDF soldiers are speaking out against their treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. Reports filed by Israeli soldiers state killing civilians and destroying houses was allowed. Specific incidents are described in the video; articles below show quotations from reports. The IDF will be conducting an investigation and the UN Human Rights council is doing the same.

Here is an article on Haaretz - IDF probe into Gaza War.

Front page article in the NYTimes today.

Some excerpts from reports:
"The platoon commander let the family go and told them to go to the right. One mother and her two children didn't understand and went to the left, but they forgot to tell the sharpshooter on the roof they had let them go and it was okay, and he should hold his fire and he ... he did what he was supposed to, like he was following his orders." "The sharpshooter saw a woman and children approaching him, closer than the lines he was told no one should pass. He shot them straight away. In any case, what happened is that in the end he killed them. "I don't think he felt too bad about it, because after all, as far as he was concerned, he did his job according to the orders he was given. And the atmosphere in general, from what I understood from most of my men who I talked to ... I don't know how to describe it .... The lives of Palestinians, let's say, is something very, very less important than the lives of our soldiers. So as far as they are concerned they can justify it that way," he said.

"You do not get the impression from the officers that there is any logic to it, but they won't say anything. To write 'death to the Arabs' on the walls, to take family pictures and spit on them, just because you can. I think this is the main thing: To understand how much the IDF has fallen in the realm of ethics, really. It's what I'll remember the most."