The Israeli army has admitted its forces were running a channel in the messaging app Telegram which published gruesome images and videos of their atrocities in Gaza in order to terrorize Palestinians.
Israeli military officials told the Haaretz newspaper on Monday that the Telegram channel “72 Virgins – Uncensored,” which published graphic images and videos of dead Palestinians in the early stages of the Israeli aggression on Gaza in October, was operated by the military.
The channel was run by the Influencing Department, a subsidiary of the military’s Operations Directorate, according to findings of a report by Haaretz last month which said operators of the channel had used coarse language to obscure the military’s involvement in it.
The Israeli military’s Spokesperson’s Unit said in a written response to the newspaper that the channel had worked without authorization and authority, adding that the issue has been dealt with.
Since the channel was launched on October 9, two days after Israel intensified its brutal military campaign on Gaza, it uploaded thousands of videos and still images of the killing of the Palestinians, claiming they were fighters of the Hamas resistance movement.
The channel posted exclusive material from investigations or information, which were only available to senior Israeli military officials.
In one video, an Israeli vehicle repeatedly drove over the body of a Palestinian while other photos showed Palestinian men captured or killed in Gaza.
“You won’t believe the video we got! You can hear their bones crunch. We’ll post it right away, get ready,” said the channel of one of its videos.
Notable economist and human rights activist Yanis Varoufakis said no other army in the world publicizes its atrocities like the Israelis did.
“The aim is to terrorize Palestinians certain of the West”s complicity, unafraid of US&EU public opinion,” said Varoufakis on his page on the X.
