Everybody talks about regime change in Iran, but when is someone going to liberate us from our tyrannical government? I’ll never forgive our government for the lockdowns and calling a fake national emergency.
Trump handing Israel to Iran reminds me of eastern Europe being handed to Stalin post-WW2. Disgraceful. Trump blundered into this war the same way he blundered when he supported Carney as PM pre-election 2025. He created a whole lot of headaches for himself and suffering for the people he betrayed.
Nobody "handed" Eastern Europe to Stalin. The Red Army occupied those countries after defeating the Wehrmacht. No sane person was going to start a war with the Soviet Union so that those countries could be liberated.
Just exactly what were they? There was nothing in writing at Yalta that "gave" Eastern Europe to Stalin. That is a myth. The Red Army was in control on the ground, and remember, many of these countries were allies of the Third Reich (Hungary, Croatia, Rumania, Bulgaria for example). Finland was a co-belligerent. Poland of course was a victim of both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Donald's EGO and his Arrogance have ensured that this "DEAL" will fail. ISRAEL has been thrown to the Wolves, quite literally, (after ALL she did to make sure that Trump's military campaign, would be a resounding success) and Donald does not have the faintest Idea, of what it is like to live EVERYDAY, in the Mid-East, nor, does he have the faintest CLUE, as to what Israel faces every single day she exists.
It ONLY TAKES ONE ATOMIC EXPLOSION, to wipe Israel off the face of this Earth and every thinking Israeli citizen, is fully aware of this fact, whereas Trump and his crowd, (possibly Marco Rubio being the exception), want to see as many Petro Dollars from Muslim controlled countries, flowing into the U.S. economy, in any way they can be enticed to do so.
THIS latest international foul-up on Donald's part, may cost him and the Republican Party dearly in the up coming November elections.
Carney is just like any other Who are antisemitism remember he said Muslim Values are Canada’s values , he will never support Israel , therefore he is supporting
Trump on this issue! Once again the Jews are being persecuted, shameful!
Wars are for power and the greed for money nothing else who cares if innocent people die, certainly not the leaders of our Country
It appears Trump & Carney egos continue to fuel many of the problems in the world, USA & Canada right now. Neither of them have a handle on anything & we the people will suffer because of them. We are on the eve of destruction.
Israel has been playing whack-a-mole with the Iranian nuclear enrichment program for many years....new underground centrifuge in the desert....Whack.....new weapons scientist brought in....Whack. That's how successful the JCPOA was.....Whack. Fast forward to today and things have entered the serious kinetic stage, and will continue as such for some time, until the theocrats are totally removed. And for that to happen it will take what? Boots on the ground.....Whose boots? We know it is not going to be American boots. So, in the mean time it will be Iranian navy....Whack....Iranian Air Force.....Whack.....Missile sites.....Whack....seized Iranian assets in foreign banks....Whack....IRGC leaders.....Whack.....Ayatollah....Whack....oh look a new Deal....Whack....no deal....Whack. This is attrition in slow/fast motion. This will take time.
I suspect Carney praises the Trump MOU because it abandons Israel and because, for now, that’s the way the wind blows to benefit Carney (not Canada, but Carney and his ilk).
Everyone’s an expert. For the Iranian people to regain full control of their country would take USA boots on the ground. Congress would not permit that.
Trump did something for Iran. And for Israel . The other presidents did nothing.
Isreal is the Middle East problem child. Their leadership are fanatics for killing Palestinians. Fanatics for enjoying blowing up stuff. Even Trump acknowledged this.
IDF soldiers tell how they use teenage Palestinians as human shields in Gaza and have left the enclave a ‘zombie apocalypse’
By Bel Trew, Reposted from The Independent, November 11, 2025
The Israeli army in Gaza shot unarmed Palestinians “without restraint”, created a “protocol” for using civilians as human shields, and pursued a policy of “destroy, demolish, transfer”, military whistleblowers have claimed.
In a shocking documentary broadcast on ITV, at least a dozen soldiers described in detail how Gaza was left a “zombie apocalypse” after Israel’s unprecedented two-year offensive.
During that time, they said commanding officers told them to ignore international law, use civilians, including teenagers, as human shields, celebrate drone strikes, and “take revenge on them all”.
The testimonies, which include a contractor for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, also described the wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure, torching Palestinian homes they turned into forward bases, shooting aid seekers at distribution sites, and an “unprecedented” bombing campaign allowing for vast collateral damage.
One officer, identified only as Lieutenant Colonel B, who has served more than 300 days in Gaza, described the offensive as “all-out”, adding he believed there was “no limit” for collateral damage.
“If you ask me, I would have pushed them all into the sea [with bulldozers] on October 7, given them snorkels and let them swim in Egypt,” he told ITV’s Exposure.
Another, whose identity was also protected, added: “In my [company] there were people openly saying ‘let’s destroy, demolish, transfer them [out of Gaza]’.”
Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign and siege of Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s bloody attacks on southern Israel, during which more than 1,000 people were killed* and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli estimates.
*IAK NOTE: According to Israeli protocol, when a soldier is captured, one possible response is to implement theHannibal Directive, which calls for an Israeli military policy that stipulates the use of maximum force in the event a soldier is kidnapped. This use of force is carried out even at the risk of killing a captive soldier. Israeli forces reportedlyimplemented the Hannibal Directive onOctober 7th, resulting in thedeaths of an unknown number of Israeli citizens – deaths that are blamed on Hamas.
In the documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, soldiers said that in the aftermath, Israel launched a “revenge campaign”.
Since October 2023, Israel’s bombardment and the war have killed more than 64,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials. It has also destroyed or damaged more than 90 per cent of homes, according to the UN, and displaced most of the 2.3 million population.
An Israeli siege of the tiny 25-mile-long enclave has meanwhile pushed the strip into famine and unleashed a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded this year that Israel has committed genocide.
The military dismissed the allegations in the film as “baseless”, telling The Independent, it “affirms that it operates in accordance with international law, including the Law of Armed Conflict.”
“The IDF remains committed to the rule of law and continues to operate in accordance with its legal and ethical obligations, despite the unprecedented operational complexity posed by Hamas’s systematic embedding within civilian infrastructure and its use of civilian sites for military purposes,” it added.
It also said that if there are any allegations of criminal behavior from its soldiers, it is investigated.
But in the ITV Exposure film, a conscript infantry soldier named only “Yaakov” said the destruction is so widespread that they have “destroyed a society”.
“All mosques, almost all hospitals, almost all universities, every cultural institution has been destroyed,” he added grimly. “You’ve destroyed a society. You don’t have to kill them one by one to destroy every sign of the society that once existed there.”
He described his company using two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old boy, as human shields.
When the soldiers protested, he said they were told by their commander: “Soldiers don’t have to worry about international law, just about the ‘IDF spirit’.”
Daniel, a tank unit commander, said the use of human shields is widespread.
“It is called the ‘Mosquito Protocol’. It entails a method, a process by which a Palestinian is turned into a so-called agent. It’s designed exclusively for working in tunnels and is something that has been proven very, very useful,” he added.
After about a week, he said every company was operating with its own “mosquito”.
“That’s three Palestinians per battalion, nine to 12 per brigade, dozens, hundreds per division,” he continued, adding, “It saves soldiers’ lives.”
The Independent’s own investigation into the use of human shields revealed that children as young as 12 years old were forced to inspect houses and roads and look for tunnels and militants, sometimes dressed in military fatigues.
When asked about these testimonies, the Israeli military said: “The orders and directives of the IDF prohibit the use of Gazan civilians captured in the field for military missions that endanger them.”
Another disturbing reality revealed in the film was the wanton destruction of swathes of the strip, which the World Bank has estimated will cost $53bn (£40bn) to rebuild.
Last year, the UN Conference on Trade and Development said even if the war stops, if Gaza remains under an Israeli blockade, it could take a staggering 350 years for its battered economy to return to pre-war levels.
Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv, who has served more than 500 days in Gaza driving bulldozers and flattening swathes of the strip, also spoke to filmmakers from the settlement where he lives.
He claims to have come up with the idea of systematically demolishing entire neighborhoods in Gaza, inspiring other units within the Israeli military.
“We changed the conduct of an entire army. The IDF invests hundreds of thousands of shekels to destroy the Gaza Strip.”
He argues that the mass demolition of civilian homes is justified, claiming in one video: “Everything there is one big terrorist infrastructure.”
The soldiers also recalled several incidents where unarmed Palestinians were killed, including a man who was on a roof hanging out his washing; one soldier says a tank brigade, between 600 and 700 meters away, labelled him a “spotter” and took out half the building. In another incident, a teenager pushing a cart was shot in the head.
“Eli”, another soldier, said at the end of his deployment that his commander reported they took out “112 terrorists”, but added: “I can confidently say that … only one was even suspected of being armed. That is, the 111 other people we killed, no one even claimed that they were armed.”
Drone warfare is also described by Neta Caspin, a major in the IDF, who said she watched drone operators follow a man walking in the Netzarim corridor for half an hour before he was shot, after which a fellow soldier told them to “be happy”.
Another anonymous soldier said that using drones in Gaza “feels like a game”.
“You can sit in some basement of a house, safe with your helmet off, scratching your balls, half dressed, and kill Palestinians,” he added bluntly.
Bel Trew is The Independent’s award-winning Chief International Correspondent, photographer and documentary filmmaker currently based in Berlin.
once again, compliments on a terrific article, Mr Lilley! You did spell "Ayatollah's" in the possessive vs. the plural case, which I know you meant. Surely The Sun has a keen intern to proof read these fine articles!
Brian. PaxSilica. That is the key to the whole thing. Those that control the finite resources to enable Ai at scale control the world. Replacement forvthe petrodollar.
Everybody talks about regime change in Iran, but when is someone going to liberate us from our tyrannical government? I’ll never forgive our government for the lockdowns and calling a fake national emergency.
Trump handing Israel to Iran reminds me of eastern Europe being handed to Stalin post-WW2. Disgraceful. Trump blundered into this war the same way he blundered when he supported Carney as PM pre-election 2025. He created a whole lot of headaches for himself and suffering for the people he betrayed.
Nobody "handed" Eastern Europe to Stalin. The Red Army occupied those countries after defeating the Wehrmacht. No sane person was going to start a war with the Soviet Union so that those countries could be liberated.
Review the terms of reference of the Yalta conference.
Just exactly what were they? There was nothing in writing at Yalta that "gave" Eastern Europe to Stalin. That is a myth. The Red Army was in control on the ground, and remember, many of these countries were allies of the Third Reich (Hungary, Croatia, Rumania, Bulgaria for example). Finland was a co-belligerent. Poland of course was a victim of both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Donald's EGO and his Arrogance have ensured that this "DEAL" will fail. ISRAEL has been thrown to the Wolves, quite literally, (after ALL she did to make sure that Trump's military campaign, would be a resounding success) and Donald does not have the faintest Idea, of what it is like to live EVERYDAY, in the Mid-East, nor, does he have the faintest CLUE, as to what Israel faces every single day she exists.
It ONLY TAKES ONE ATOMIC EXPLOSION, to wipe Israel off the face of this Earth and every thinking Israeli citizen, is fully aware of this fact, whereas Trump and his crowd, (possibly Marco Rubio being the exception), want to see as many Petro Dollars from Muslim controlled countries, flowing into the U.S. economy, in any way they can be enticed to do so.
THIS latest international foul-up on Donald's part, may cost him and the Republican Party dearly in the up coming November elections.
Carney is just like any other Who are antisemitism remember he said Muslim Values are Canada’s values , he will never support Israel , therefore he is supporting
Trump on this issue! Once again the Jews are being persecuted, shameful!
Wars are for power and the greed for money nothing else who cares if innocent people die, certainly not the leaders of our Country
Shelley, I don't really know who Carney supports. I think with him it depends on which way the wind bows on any given day.
It appears Trump & Carney egos continue to fuel many of the problems in the world, USA & Canada right now. Neither of them have a handle on anything & we the people will suffer because of them. We are on the eve of destruction.
Israel has been playing whack-a-mole with the Iranian nuclear enrichment program for many years....new underground centrifuge in the desert....Whack.....new weapons scientist brought in....Whack. That's how successful the JCPOA was.....Whack. Fast forward to today and things have entered the serious kinetic stage, and will continue as such for some time, until the theocrats are totally removed. And for that to happen it will take what? Boots on the ground.....Whose boots? We know it is not going to be American boots. So, in the mean time it will be Iranian navy....Whack....Iranian Air Force.....Whack.....Missile sites.....Whack....seized Iranian assets in foreign banks....Whack....IRGC leaders.....Whack.....Ayatollah....Whack....oh look a new Deal....Whack....no deal....Whack. This is attrition in slow/fast motion. This will take time.
I suspect Carney praises the Trump MOU because it abandons Israel and because, for now, that’s the way the wind blows to benefit Carney (not Canada, but Carney and his ilk).
Everyone’s an expert. For the Iranian people to regain full control of their country would take USA boots on the ground. Congress would not permit that.
Trump did something for Iran. And for Israel . The other presidents did nothing.
Isreal is the Middle East problem child. Their leadership are fanatics for killing Palestinians. Fanatics for enjoying blowing up stuff. Even Trump acknowledged this.
If the Muslim nations would stop attacking Israel, there would be no wars.
You really aren't serious are you Boris?!
These are sick people. Sitting in lawn chairs reveling in the bombing of Gaza.
Whistleblower IDF soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians
IDF soldiers tell how they use teenage Palestinians as human shields in Gaza and have left the enclave a ‘zombie apocalypse’
By Bel Trew, Reposted from The Independent, November 11, 2025
The Israeli army in Gaza shot unarmed Palestinians “without restraint”, created a “protocol” for using civilians as human shields, and pursued a policy of “destroy, demolish, transfer”, military whistleblowers have claimed.
In a shocking documentary broadcast on ITV, at least a dozen soldiers described in detail how Gaza was left a “zombie apocalypse” after Israel’s unprecedented two-year offensive.
During that time, they said commanding officers told them to ignore international law, use civilians, including teenagers, as human shields, celebrate drone strikes, and “take revenge on them all”.
The testimonies, which include a contractor for the controversial Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, also described the wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure, torching Palestinian homes they turned into forward bases, shooting aid seekers at distribution sites, and an “unprecedented” bombing campaign allowing for vast collateral damage.
One officer, identified only as Lieutenant Colonel B, who has served more than 300 days in Gaza, described the offensive as “all-out”, adding he believed there was “no limit” for collateral damage.
“If you ask me, I would have pushed them all into the sea [with bulldozers] on October 7, given them snorkels and let them swim in Egypt,” he told ITV’s Exposure.
Another, whose identity was also protected, added: “In my [company] there were people openly saying ‘let’s destroy, demolish, transfer them [out of Gaza]’.”
Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign and siege of Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s bloody attacks on southern Israel, during which more than 1,000 people were killed* and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli estimates.
*IAK NOTE: According to Israeli protocol, when a soldier is captured, one possible response is to implement theHannibal Directive, which calls for an Israeli military policy that stipulates the use of maximum force in the event a soldier is kidnapped. This use of force is carried out even at the risk of killing a captive soldier. Israeli forces reportedlyimplemented the Hannibal Directive onOctober 7th, resulting in thedeaths of an unknown number of Israeli citizens – deaths that are blamed on Hamas.
In the documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, soldiers said that in the aftermath, Israel launched a “revenge campaign”.
Since October 2023, Israel’s bombardment and the war have killed more than 64,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials. It has also destroyed or damaged more than 90 per cent of homes, according to the UN, and displaced most of the 2.3 million population.
An Israeli siege of the tiny 25-mile-long enclave has meanwhile pushed the strip into famine and unleashed a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. The UN Commission of Inquiry concluded this year that Israel has committed genocide.
The military dismissed the allegations in the film as “baseless”, telling The Independent, it “affirms that it operates in accordance with international law, including the Law of Armed Conflict.”
“The IDF remains committed to the rule of law and continues to operate in accordance with its legal and ethical obligations, despite the unprecedented operational complexity posed by Hamas’s systematic embedding within civilian infrastructure and its use of civilian sites for military purposes,” it added.
It also said that if there are any allegations of criminal behavior from its soldiers, it is investigated.
But in the ITV Exposure film, a conscript infantry soldier named only “Yaakov” said the destruction is so widespread that they have “destroyed a society”.
“All mosques, almost all hospitals, almost all universities, every cultural institution has been destroyed,” he added grimly. “You’ve destroyed a society. You don’t have to kill them one by one to destroy every sign of the society that once existed there.”
He described his company using two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old boy, as human shields.
When the soldiers protested, he said they were told by their commander: “Soldiers don’t have to worry about international law, just about the ‘IDF spirit’.”
Daniel, a tank unit commander, said the use of human shields is widespread.
“It is called the ‘Mosquito Protocol’. It entails a method, a process by which a Palestinian is turned into a so-called agent. It’s designed exclusively for working in tunnels and is something that has been proven very, very useful,” he added.
After about a week, he said every company was operating with its own “mosquito”.
“That’s three Palestinians per battalion, nine to 12 per brigade, dozens, hundreds per division,” he continued, adding, “It saves soldiers’ lives.”
The Independent’s own investigation into the use of human shields revealed that children as young as 12 years old were forced to inspect houses and roads and look for tunnels and militants, sometimes dressed in military fatigues.
When asked about these testimonies, the Israeli military said: “The orders and directives of the IDF prohibit the use of Gazan civilians captured in the field for military missions that endanger them.”
Another disturbing reality revealed in the film was the wanton destruction of swathes of the strip, which the World Bank has estimated will cost $53bn (£40bn) to rebuild.
Last year, the UN Conference on Trade and Development said even if the war stops, if Gaza remains under an Israeli blockade, it could take a staggering 350 years for its battered economy to return to pre-war levels.
Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv, who has served more than 500 days in Gaza driving bulldozers and flattening swathes of the strip, also spoke to filmmakers from the settlement where he lives.
He claims to have come up with the idea of systematically demolishing entire neighborhoods in Gaza, inspiring other units within the Israeli military.
“We changed the conduct of an entire army. The IDF invests hundreds of thousands of shekels to destroy the Gaza Strip.”
He argues that the mass demolition of civilian homes is justified, claiming in one video: “Everything there is one big terrorist infrastructure.”
The soldiers also recalled several incidents where unarmed Palestinians were killed, including a man who was on a roof hanging out his washing; one soldier says a tank brigade, between 600 and 700 meters away, labelled him a “spotter” and took out half the building. In another incident, a teenager pushing a cart was shot in the head.
“Eli”, another soldier, said at the end of his deployment that his commander reported they took out “112 terrorists”, but added: “I can confidently say that … only one was even suspected of being armed. That is, the 111 other people we killed, no one even claimed that they were armed.”
Drone warfare is also described by Neta Caspin, a major in the IDF, who said she watched drone operators follow a man walking in the Netzarim corridor for half an hour before he was shot, after which a fellow soldier told them to “be happy”.
Another anonymous soldier said that using drones in Gaza “feels like a game”.
“You can sit in some basement of a house, safe with your helmet off, scratching your balls, half dressed, and kill Palestinians,” he added bluntly.
Bel Trew is The Independent’s award-winning Chief International Correspondent, photographer and documentary filmmaker currently based in Berlin.
America didn't go to war for Israel. Canada didn't fight at all. A simple thank you would do.
Shapiro's analysis of US politics is precise and always sensible.
Israel has made the biggest scoop against Hezbollah over the last several days, the IDF troops
in Southern Lebanon, discovered an underground tunnel underneath the area that covers most
of the area , a manufacturing arsenal of missiles, drones etc, enough to blow up a small
Country, Iran's largest proxy will not be suppliers of these weapons much longer, Israel is well
armed from the US to finish them.
Israel is the one who started the war and there won’t be peace until Netanyahu is removed from office.
once again, compliments on a terrific article, Mr Lilley! You did spell "Ayatollah's" in the possessive vs. the plural case, which I know you meant. Surely The Sun has a keen intern to proof read these fine articles!
Brian. PaxSilica. That is the key to the whole thing. Those that control the finite resources to enable Ai at scale control the world. Replacement forvthe petrodollar.