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.