After 400 Days in Battle, Soldier Slams Orders to Guard Aid for the Enemy
A battle-hardened IDF reservist who has spent more than 400 days in active combat zones across Gaza and Lebanon has written a searing letter to his battalion commander, condemning the army’s decision to have soldiers protect humanitarian aid trucks bound for Gaza, Arutz Sheva reports.
In his emotional message, the soldier described the assignment as one of his most demoralizing experiences since the war began. “After around 400 days of reserve duty, fighting in Gaza, in Lebanon, in the cold and the heat, with heavy loads and little sleep, today I went through one of the most difficult days of the war,” he wrote.
He expressed outrage that men who have risked everything in battle were now ordered to defend supplies being sent to those who continue to attack them. “Unfortunately, we were given the difficult and immoral task of securing the entry of food and aid to the enemy who is fighting us… Despite many hours having passed, I still can’t calm down from the difficult feelings I experienced that day,” he continued.
The reservist confessed that the mission left him in inner conflict, struggling to reconcile his duties as a soldier with what he viewed as a betrayal of purpose. “We didn’t leave behind our wives, children, jobs, and entire lives just to deliver aid to the enemy,” he said, calling for a serious re-evaluation of such directives.
He urged the army’s leadership to rethink policies that place Israeli soldiers in harm’s way for what he termed a morally indefensible goal. “We need to lay things on the table: The immoral decision to risk our lives in order to bring food that fuels Hamas must change,” he declared.
Closing his letter, the reservist described the anguish of witnessing the situation firsthand. “As a civilian, you hear about ‘humanitarian aid’ and understand how bad it is, but when you see it with your own eyes, you can’t keep turning a blind eye to it,” he concluded.
{Matzav.com}
