The Israeli army hired foreign (Spanish) mercenaries for its brutal war on Gaza
by Press TV
The Israeli army has hired foreign mercenaries, including a Spanish group of professional mercenaries, for use in its brutal war against the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Spanish newspaper El Mundo interviewed Pedro Diaz Flores, a notorious Spanish mercenary, who stated that “many"mercenary groups have joined the Israeli army which pays them"very well».
«I came for the economy, for the money. They pay very well, they offer good equipment and the work is calm. It's 3900 euros per week, excluding other complementary missions", he explained about his reasons for joining the Israeli forces.
Pedro Diaz Flores previously fought alongside neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine after Russia launched a special military operation in the Donbass region last year.
«We only provide security support to arms convoys or troops of the Israeli armed forces who are in the Gaza Strip. We do not directly fight Hamas and are not involved in assault operationsHe said.
He added : "We are in charge of checkpoint security and access control at the borders of Gaza and Jordan. There are many PMCs [private military companies] here and they share the work. Traditionally, they guarded the border terminals between Eliat and Aqaba", he added.
This came as speculation arose last month that mercenaries stationed in Ukraine had begun joining the Israeli military, as Western attention shifted from Ukraine to Israel.
«It is clear that the war in the Middle East is diverting attention from Ukraine», Declared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, November 4.
Israel launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after Hamas carried out its surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in retaliation for the Israeli regime's crimes against the Palestinians for decades.
Tel Aviv has blocked water, food and electricity supplies to Gaza, plunging the coastal strip into a humanitarian crisis.
According to the Gaza-based Health Ministry, at least 10 022 Palestinians were killed in the strikes, including 4104 children and 2641 women.
source: Press TV
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