🧵The Israeli outlet @ynetnews just published a remarkable exposé of IDF commander testimonies that contradict Israel's official Gaza war narrative. Here are some of the most revealing excerpts...
For starters, 2025 was "supposed to be a year of stabilization in the Gaza arena," and it has basically been a disaster.
Field commanders report that their missions prioritize demolishing buildings over fighting Hamas: "We hardly see terrorists ... and we focus on leveling neighborhoods ... If there are terrorists, then we close circles around them with the Air Force."
The IDF is censoring the public from the war, and is blurring the faces of soldiers as policy to prevent future arrests for war crimes:
Oh they really want you to know that they are demolishing, demolishing, demolishing
It will take "at least a decade of fighting" to destroy Hamas
The IDF admits to killing "hundreds of hungry Palestinians"!! The "terrible videos" that are being distributed around the world have "stirred up debate" about using "imprecise fire on densely populated areas"
"It is a shame that the public is being misled into believing that it will soon be over and that this enemy will be defeated in the foreseeable future."
After breaking the "main bones of Hamas," the "Sisyphean task is taking care of its other bones, small and medium-sized, and the next stage will be preserving the achievement, getting back to mowing the lawn."
That's it. You can read the whole piece here: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/ar...
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Oh I forgot one: The IDF believes it has killed "1,500 terrorists" since the resumption of fighting in mid-March. The Gaza Ministry of Health has reported 7,843 deaths since then, which would mean killing civilians to fighters at a roughly 4:1 ratio
And hell, while you’re here, be sure to read this investigation I published today: https://open.substack.com/pub/...
@infinite__jaz @ynetnews Israel is Hamas, which is why the "ceasefire negotiations" have dragged on so long. Ceasefire is not compatible with the goals of the US/Israel alliance: expulsion of indigenous Palestinians & theft of their land, gas, & oil. https://x.com/IhoPwaitress74/s...
@infinite__jaz @ynetnews Well who would have thought
@infinite__jaz @ynetnews The idea that they think they’ll be able to return to the “normalcy” of just “mowing the lawn” after this is astonishing. Our leaders may be corrupt but the people of the world will never accept the gen0cidal entity’s return to normal society.
@infinite__jaz @ynetnews Hey ya!? Had just been perusing your fine efforts here and in case it might be of interest, I understand @BTnewsroom looks to expand. Nice catch on the gap in Davidai letters, btw!
@infinite__jaz @AssalRad @ynetnews Mowing the lawn. That’s sickening. Israel has never acknowledged that Palestinians are human beings with human rights. If they did, they couldn’t justify slaughtering them, stealing their country and “mowing the lawn.”