According to an investigation by 972 Israeli publications and local telephones, Israeli forces are weaponizing Chinese-made drones to kill Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported.
The drones are manually operated by ground soldiers to bomb civilians, including children, to prevent them from being driven out of their homes and returning Palestinians to areas where they were exiled, the outlet reported Sunday.
The publication interviewed seven soldiers and officers to generate the findings, they said.
The report has been published as a criticism of Israel’s plan to establish an internment camp in southern Gaza. Former Israeli Prime Ministers Ia Rapid and Ehud Olmaat said that if Palestinians are not allowed to leave, it would be equivalent to a “concentration camp.”
“The weaponization of civilian drones to kill and confiscate Palestinians is the latest revelation of normalized atrocities in Gaza and further evidence of how Israel is trying to move its population south of the strip,” Al Jazeera said.