– We felt like Nazis in Gaza.
‘israeli’ soldiers have come forward with testimonies describing their actions in Palestine’s Gaza as eerily similar to those of Nazi forces. Published by Haaretz, the accounts expose a grotesque pattern of military conduct; civilians being gunned down while desperately trying to reach food distribution points, entire neighbourhoods flattened into rubble, and orders to fire without discrimination.
Also, an Israeli airstrike on Sunday obliterated the Al-Baqa seafront café in Gaza City, killing at least 30 Palestinians, including women, children, journalists, and local artists. The café, one of the few remaining public spaces still standing, had become a rare refuge where civilians gathered not only for brief moments of normalcy but also to access Wi-Fi, charge their phones, and share stories with the outside world.
This strike, like so many before it, came without warning. Palestinians in Gaza have been seeking fleeting moments of solace in seaside cafés, one of the few remaining escapes from the relentless and intensifying Israeli assault. While Israeli officials claimed operations were aimed at militants, the rapidly growing death toll tells a different story, one where places of gathering, culture, and communication are deliberately turned into graveyards.
One soldier admitted, “I felt like a Nazi in Gaza. It looked exactly like we were the Nazis and they were the Jews,” a chilling admission that draws an undeniable parallel between the oppressed of yesterday and the oppressors of today. These testimonies lay bare the dehumanisation of Palestinians, where the sanctity of life has been erased by a military machine emboldened by impunity.
The ‘israeli’ Defence Forces (IDF), long shielded by the veil of “self-defence,” are now being directly implicated in what many human rights experts describe as war crimes. Nearly 600 semitic Palestinians have been killed near aid centres since May 2025, not in crossfire, but while waiting for food.
The scale of suffering in Gaza, where famine, displacement, and bombardment have become daily horrors, exposes the brutal reality behind ‘israel’’s so-called security operations.