For many soldiers, the war against Hamas in Gaza is a fight for Israel’s survival and must be won by any means. But the battle is also taking a mental toll that, due to stigma, is largely hidden from view.

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The CNN authors are doing intellectual backflips to portray the Israeli army as humane and soldiers as suffering so hard because…

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Palestinians don’t just vanish as a cloud of dust when they’re injured or killed.

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“When you see a lot of meat outside, and blood… both ours and theirs (Hamas), then it really affects you when you eat,” he told CNN, referring to bodies as “meat.”

  • ButtBidet [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    The former soldier has spoken publicly about the psychological trauma endured by Israeli troops in Gaza. In a testimony to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in June, Zaken said that on many occasions, soldiers had to “run over terrorists, dead and alive, in the hundreds.”

    “Everything squirts out,” he added.

    I’m sure all of the dead were “terrorists”. None were non combatants. lea-sad