[THS] Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings

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The t-shirts were printed for Israeli soldiers at the end of periods of deployment or
training courses and were discovered by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

THIS ONE SAYS - "THE SMALLER THEY ARE THE HARDER THEY ARE TO TARGET..."

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Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings

The Israeli army is at the centre of a second controversy over the moral conduct of its
soldiers in as many days.

The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting
pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and
destroyed mosques.

The t-shirts were printed for Israeli soldiers at the end of periods of deployment or
training courses and were discovered by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

One, printed for a platoon of Israeli snipers depicts an armed Palestinian pregnant
women caught in the crosshairs of a rifle, with the disturbing caption in English: “1
shot 2 kills”.

Another depicts a child carrying a gun also in the centre of a target.

“The smaller, the harder,” read the words on the t-shirt.

According to a soldier interviewed by the newspaper, the message has a double
meaning: “It’s a kid, so you’ve got a little more of a problem, morally and also the
target is smaller.”

Another shows an Israeli soldier blowing up a mosque and reads “Only God forgives”.

Above a ninja figure, yet another shirt bears the slogan “Won’t chill until I confirm a
kill”.

The revelations, coming so soon after Israel’s offensive in Gaza in which hundreds of
civilians were killed – many of them women and children – are causing outrage.

Perhaps the most shocking design shows a Palestinian mother weeping next to her
dead baby’s grave, also in the crosshairs of a rifle.

It suggests it would have been better if the child had never been born, with the
slogan “Better use Durex”.