Israeli newspaper's claim IDF operates shoot-to-kill policy in Gaza sparks outrage among far right

Investigation by left-leaning 'Haaretz' journalists revealed both soldiers and army officers were, in their words, 'ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza'

One Israeli soldier confessed: 'It's a killing field… where I was stationed, between one and five people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force — no crowd-control measures, no tear gas — just live fire with everything imaginable.' Picture: Mosab Shawer / Middle East Images/ AFP via Getty Images

An investigation by the left-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz that has uncovered a deliberate Israeli Defense Force (IDF) shoot-to-kill policy has generated outrage in Israel. 

An investigation by Haaretz journalists has revealed both soldiers and army officers were, in their words, “ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present”.