Back to the town of Blida.
Following a week of operations in Blida, Battalion 8207 received orders to withdraw from the town. But before departing, several soldiers manually entered the few remaining homes that had survived the heavy demolitions and set them on fire leaving the entire village burning behind them as the column marched out:
“Finally, they gathered in the area of the destroyed houses, ready to move. When the signal was given, several of the battalion's soldiers entered the few remaining houses still standing and set them ablaze. The rest of the soldiers began walking in a long column from Lebanon to Israel, with flames rising behind them from what was left of the terror village of Blida.”
🧵”their fate is death” Finished reading a book about IDF’s 228th Brigade & its operations in Lebanon autumn 2024. I thought I’d share a few quotes with you My takeaway: an intoxicating culture of satisfaction in comitting war crimes, embraced from command to the front line 👇- Commenting on an incident that occurred near Khiyam along the Israeli border, a soldier fired warning shots at a suspect rather than using lethal force. In response, the commander of Company A, 8207th Battalion, became verbally abusive on his troops and issued the following
- In the Lebanese town of Blida, late October 2024, Company C members of 8207th Battalion entered into the its downtown and started blowing homes systematically as a revenge bc the families allegedly collaborated with Hezbollah: At the same time, Eyal’s C Company worked alongside
- This one is particularly cruel, I will show why in the tweet below it. But read this Mais Al-Jabal. Just prior to Battalion 5030’s withdrawal back to Israel October 2024, Captain Yair Schnurmacher, the battalion’s combat engineering officer and a civilian firefighter, used his
- What makes this mass arson even more egregious is what followed: months later, soldiers actually printed custom t-shirts celebrating the destruction of civilian homes in Meiss El Jabal. The text on the shirt reads: "The arsonists from Meiss El Jabal"
- Back to the town of Blida. Following a week of operations in Blida, Battalion 8207 received orders to withdraw from the town. But before departing, several soldiers manually entered the few remaining homes that had survived the heavy demolitions and set them on fire leaving the entire village burning behind them as the column marched out: “Finally, they gathered in the area of the destroyed houses, ready to move. When the signal was given, several of the battalion's soldiers entered the few remaining houses still standing and set them ablaze. The rest of the soldiers began walking in a long column from Lebanon to Israel, with flames rising behind them from what was left of the terror village of Blida.”
- In Aitaroun, preparing for the battalion's scheduled withdrawal back to Israel in the afternoon, 8207th Battalion Commander Lt. Col Yuval Dagan ordered all of his subordinate commanders to switch their tactical military radios to speaker mode so every single soldier could hear
"Terror village of Blida"
