'Flatten Gaza': Inside IDF Battalion Year of Destruction

By: Emily Jashinsky, Ryan Grim   Source: Breaking Points Oct 24, 2024 No Comments


Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss reporting on an IDF battalion's year of destruction in Gaza through an investigation of their social media

“Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

This is what the deputy commander of Israel’s 749 Combat Engineering Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Adi Bekore, posted on his personal Facebook account on October 9, 2023

Read More: "Our Job Is to Flatten Gaza. No One Will Stop Us": Inside One Israeli Battalion's Yearlong Mission Of Destruction

Ryan W. Grim is an American author and journalist. Grim was Washington, D.C. bureau chief for HuffPost and formerly the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for The Intercept. In July 2024, Grim and The Intercept's co-founder Jeremy Scahill left The Intercept to co-found Drop Site News.

Emily Jashinsky is an American journalist and commentator. She serves as the director of the National Journalism Center. She is also a culture Editor for The Federalist, host of the Federalist Radio Hour, and co-host of the weekly news show Counter Points.

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