Israeli soldiers laugh, sing songs while watching strike on Gaza

A video surfaced online showing Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers laughing and singing songs while watching airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, exposing war crimes against Palestinians.

The footage, which captured an Israeli strike hitting buildings in Gaza, showed soldiers laughing as they watched the destruction . One of the soldiers was heard singing "The Final Countdown" during the attack.

Despite widespread international calls for a ceasefire, Israel's military offensive on Gaza has only intensified, with the violence spreading to the occupied West Bank and Lebanon.

Conditions in northern Gaza are increasingly apocalyptic, as thousands of Palestinians face death, displacement, and starvation amid an acute food shortage.

The Israeli military continues to target refugee camps and residential buildings in Gaza and Lebanon, where many civilians have sought shelter.

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In a video verified by Sky News, people believed to be soldiers laugh and one of them sings The Final Countdown as they watch an airstrike on Gaza.

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The United Nations reported that Israel allowed only one shipment of aid into northern Gaza and subsequently attacked shelters where the aid had been distributed to Palestinians.

More than 11,000 children have been killed in Gaza, with 30% of the victims under the age of five. Thousands more are missing or have been separated from their parents amid the widespread forced displacement of Palestinians by the Israeli occupation.

The overall Palestinian death toll since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza has reached at least 44,383 with more than 100,833 wounded. Thousands more remain trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings.