Israeli Soldiers' Revelations from Gaza

Channel 4 Broadcast  15 July 2009 -  Posted July 29, 2009

By Alex Thomson

 

Israeli soldiers involved in the attacks on Gaza at the start of this year claim that they were ordered to fire, regardless of the risk to civilians. Alex Thomson reports.

 

Israel banned journalists from its invasion of Gaza in December and January, making it hard to verify allegations of indiscriminate firing, the use of phosphorous bombs, and forcing Palestininas to be human shields.

Now an Israeli human rights group has produced a disturbing account of what it says happened in Gaza, as told by soldiers.

 

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