Israeli troops flattened farmland and cleared entire residential districts in Gaza to open a “kill zone” around the enclave, Reuters reports citing a report that quoted soldiers testifying about the harsh methods used in the operation.

The report, from the Israeli rights group Breaking the Silence, cited soldiers who served in Gaza during the creation of the buffer zone, which was extended to between 800-1,500 metres inside the enclave by December 2024 and which has since been expanded further by Israeli troops.

“The borderline is a kill zone, a lower area, a lowland,” the report quotes a captain in the Armored Corps as saying. “We have a commanding view of it, and they do too.”

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