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“Most moral army in the world” 😒

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The video argues that the Israeli military's claim to be the "most moral army in the world" is a propaganda lie, citing a specific incident where soldiers staged a humanitarian photo-op before executing a helpless elderly woman.

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So, the Israeli military did this photo-shoot, making it look like they were helping this old Palestinian woman in a wheelchair, and then afterwards, they executed her.

0:08>> This photograph was supposed to be proof that Israeli soldiers were helping civilians evacuate dangerous areas in the Gaza Strip, but an investigation into its backstory later revealed that this very same unit of soldiers executed her with a gunshot to the head.

0:25>> So, yeah, that sounded insane, so I had to double-check if that actually happened. And here it is, an Israeli military officer shot and killed a sick elderly Palestinian woman who was being evacuated from an Israeli military operation in Rafa, according to testimonies collected in an investigation by the Israeli outlet Haaretz.

0:44By the way, Haaretz is all in Hebrew, so I guess this is the real stuff that they don't want the rest of the world to read. Anyway, it says, "According to the investigation, the woman was sick and weak and posed no threat to the soldiers. A decision was initially made to evacuate her, but then an officer accompanying the woman received a telephone call, according to testimonies collected by Haaretz, he then stopped the vehicle, removed the elderly woman, shot her dead, and continued the journey." And they tell us this is the most moral army in the world.

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