Documentary reveals Israeli soldiers 'TikToking' war crimes in Gaza

A feature-length documentary shows Israeli forces routinely shared abuses they committed on social media platforms after invading the besieged Palestinian territory.

The documentary published online on Thursday tracked down the names, ranks and military units of many of the soldiers. It included a database of "over two and a half thousand social media accounts, containing photos and videos placed online by Israeli soldiers". 

The crimes ranged from wanton destruction and looting to the demolition of entire neighborhoods and possible unlawful killings.

The film also explored how an Israeli army unit destroyed Khirbet Khaza'a, a small town just across the separation and apartheid wall separating Gaza from the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz, which was attacked on 7 October.

One soldier posted on Facebook a video showing the destruction of the town, along with a voiceover saying: "We went joyously to annihilate the village of the Nazis. We worked hard for two weeks. We blew up the entire village."

At the end of the operation, the soldiers posted before and after shots of the destruction.

According to a separate video posted on Instagram, Israeli troops could be seen leaving with a message that read: "Mission accomplished. We… destroyed a whole village as revenge for what they did to Kibbutz Nir Oz."

The documentary also referenced one video uploaded to YouTube by a member of Israel's 202nd Paratroopers Battalion, in which three unarmed Palestinian men were shot dead by Israeli snipers.

The film also supports previous investigations which have highlighted how Palestinian civilians are routinely killed by Israeli snipers. In January,  an Israeli sniper shot dead an elderly Palestinian woman whose grandson was holding a white flag. 

The documentary also includes testimony from Fadi Bakr, a former prisoner at the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp in the occupied territory.

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Bakr describes witnessing Israeli soldiers arranging the rape of one of his fellow prisoners by a dog.

"They [Israeli forces] forced him [the Palestinian prisoner] to the ground on his belly. They tied his hands and tied his feet. There were about eight or nine soldiers. They stripped him of his underpants. A captain came and sprayed something on his backside. There was a dog there. They unleashed the dog on him. The dog raped the young man. It raped him, literally speaking. Rape.”

"It is impossible that anyone ever heard of it or saw it, or [it] could be imagined by a human mind," he added.

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The documentary also highlights the role played by US President Joe Biden and suggests he was the most senior enabler of Israeli criminality. 

It also explores possible British complicity in Israeli abuses, especially via the Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance flights over Gaza from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus.

Rodney Dixon, a reputed human rights lawyer suggested that the documentary could be of relevance to the International Criminal Court (ICC), emphasizing it included material which "prosecutors will be licking their lips at".

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Israeli authorities are currently facing a range of charges before the ICC for their roles in war crimes and crimes against humanity during the aggression on the besieged Palestinian region

In May, ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said he applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and minister of war affairs Yoav Gallant.

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