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IOF looted cash and gold from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria: Israeli media

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  • Source: Ynet
  • 2 Mar 2025 20:58
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Looted valuables, including cash and gold, were transported to "Israel" and deposited into the Bank of Israel.

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  •  A screen grab from a video, featuring an Israeli soldier displaying a silver necklace with the inscription Made in Gaza, which he pledged to give to his girlfriend. (Twitter)
    A screen grab from a video, featuring an Israeli soldier displaying a silver necklace with the inscription Made in Gaza, which he pledged to give to his girlfriend. (Twitter)

A recent report uncovered that the Israeli military's “Loot Unit” has plundered substantial amounts of weaponry, cash, and gold since the onset of its wars and aggression on Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, the Israeli daily Ynet reported, adding that the unit has amassed enough weaponry to equip “a small army.”

Lt. Col. Sharon Kotler of the unit stated, “We don’t like to just take in loot, keep it, and maintain it without making a profit from it. I always ask what the value of this loot is.”

The soldiers of the Zionist entity are a group of stupid thieves, and here they are recording themselves trying to break into a safe in the home of a civilian Palestinian family in Gaza.

Their principle is the same: “If I don’t steal it, someone else will steal it.”
Because they… pic.twitter.com/2c5ixZSrgo

— د. جمال الملا (@DrJamal11) January 16, 2024

The unit, which comprises approximately 500 members, with 2,400 soldiers involved in the looting, stole “mountains of cash” from what they dub "enemy territories".

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In addition to cash, the unit has seized 180,000 pieces of weaponry, including anti-aircraft missiles, drones, anti-tank missiles, rifles, military radios, and night-vision devices. The report noted that the unit has also looted rare treasures such as French rifles from the 1930s and valuable pistols.

Israeli military looting in Lebanon |

Israeli soldier E.L from the paratroopers brigade posted on his private account showing him looting Lebanese money from the town of Maron Al-Ras in south Lebanon. https://t.co/tkDfQ79loc pic.twitter.com/0ShIfDHTck

— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) October 8, 2024

Looted valuables, including cash and gold, are transported to "Israel" and deposited into the Bank of Israel. So far, the Israeli military has plundered about $28 million in cash from Gaza and Lebanon, the report said.

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The Israeli military has stolen weapons and ammunition stockpiles from the Syria’s army sites, following attacks on their military bases in the outskirts of Damascus and Quneitra. Syrian citizen were forced to carry weapons for Israeli soldiers while they loot them. pic.twitter.com/FiOiF5mG3F

— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) December 19, 2024

The report also mentioned the unit’s involvement in operations in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, where they seized T-55 tanks, anti-tank missiles, and large amounts of ammunition.

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