“After this incident, I realized that [in Gaza] anyone can kill whoever they want, as much as they want" here are more excerpts from the IDF drone operator's testimony published in Haaretz by Yaniv Kubovitch: “I asked to meet with the intelligence officer to upload targets to the computer, and he told me, 'You have two million targets in Gaza.'' [...] The trigger finger was very light. People lost their humanity” Rafah Paramedic Massacre: "These were clearly identifiable as emergency vehicles, even when ground fire opened on them. Without any apparent reason, the ground troops stormed the convoy. They shot at the first vehicle, the medical staff exited, hid behind the ambulances and pleaded for their lives, and the soldiers shot them, one after another." “After this incident, I realized that anyone can kill whoever they want, as much as they want, and they won't be held accountable for it.” “According to [the testifier], the bodies were buried on the spot, and the ambulances were run over by a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer and covered with earth. ‘For me, something broke there. I felt that I wasn't just witnessing a challenging operational event, but an entire system capable of containing it and moving on as if nothing had happened.’ Retroactive incrimination: "I canceled attacks in droves, I said that only if there was a direct and immediate threat would I attack. Then all sorts of justifications began to emerge retroactively: 'He came for a weapons deal;' 'He touched the ground, maybe he's planting an explosive device.' In my opinion, they tried to incriminate people without intelligence and without proof, retroactively, just to create a justification for an attack." Yellow Line: “My counterparts and my friends didn't want to approve every attack either. Everyone understood there was a problem here. Especially in the agricultural areas, we refused to accept 'the division commander's line,' and adhered as much as possible to the original Yellow Line that appeared on the maps." “The Yellow Line is basically concrete barriers on the ground. The division commander decided, on his own, to push them westward, sometimes for hundreds of meters, creating a new border. From the perspective of a farmer entering his land – he doesn't understand at all that he's walking into an area that the IDF suddenly decided was a firing zone” Moral injury: This soldier also described experiencing what is known as “moral injury,” a form of psychological harm resulting from exposure to events perceived as fundamental violations of one’s moral values. There is no doubt that Palestinians bear the harshest consequences of Israel’s occupation. They are routinely killed, tortured, and deprived of their basic rights. Most of the daily atrocities committed against Palestinians do not even make the news, they simply become statistics. At the age of 18, we were the ones sent to maintain this oppressive system, one that only perpetuates violence. This system is immoral and irreformable. It must be abolished. Published in Haaretz by Yaniv Kubovitch, September 9, 2026 The full testimony: haaretz.com/israel-news/isra…