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Testimony - "Along came a soldier and kicked him"

 

Name: Anonymous
Rank: First Sergeant
Unit: Givati Brigade
Location: Gaza border
Date: 2008

A former Israeli soldier provides a testimony to Breaking the Silence in which he describes how another soldier kicked a boy who was blindfolded after being caught looking for food.

Soldier: At Nahal Oz there was an incident where kids came to try to find food or something – their parents must have sent them off to try to sneak into Israel because the families were going hungry. Any such incident is considered infiltration and involves a chase. There were 14 and 15-year-olds there, I think. I remember a kid sitting there, blindfolded, and along came a soldier known to be an idiot, kicked him and poured rifle-grease over him. He did this in the middle of the company HQ and not a single officer saw him. I said something to him at the time but I didn’t yell at him, and I didn’t tell my commander about what he did.