The shocking testimony of Avinatan Or from captivity: They told a 3-year-old boy to spit on me

Head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, Major General Dado Bar Kalifa, revealed to soldiers testimony he heard from former hostage Avinatan Or. Or described how he was beaten and taken to Gaza wounded, and later a three-year-old child was brought before him and ordered to spit on him in front of a clapping crowd. Bar Kalifa used the story to illustrate the moral difference between the sides.

The head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, Major General Dado Bar Kalifa, addressed thousands of soldiers in the Negev at a battle heritage evening. He shared testimony he heard from former hostage Avinatan Or, who returned from Hamas captivity after over 700 days. Or described how he was beaten with a club and rocks before his abduction, arrived in the Strip wounded and bleeding, and feared he would be lynched. Later, according to him, a terrorist brought a three-year-old child to his eye level and ordered him to spit on Or. The child spat, first weakly, and then again with enthusiasm in front of onlookers who applauded. Bar Kalifa described the terrorist as "despicable, cursed, and abhorrent" and concluded that "this is how they educate and raise a generation of murderers." He emphasized the moral difference between the sides, which, according to him, originates already in kindergarten.