"The village we operated in belonged to rich people – full of villas with **pools, luxury cars, jewelry**. Almost every house had valuables.We would enter houses, first opening them 'wet', meaning shooting in all directions, and then searching. After realizing that the area was clear, the real mission would begin - locating valuable items. It started with small things and slowly got bigger. People loaded the Humvees with **carpets, motorcycles, armchairs, heaters**. Entire warehouses. You could hear soldiers over the age of 30 arguing - 'I saw this before,' 'You already took a lot from the previous house.'
Soldiers would come in and take out all the goods, **whole boxes of sweets, cigarettes, cleaning supplies, even writing instruments.** Someone took a white **school bag** for his son. Another took a **lathe**. Even the **hand soap** at the post came from Lebanon. At any moment you could see soldiers walking around the village with civilian equipment on them, it felt like the main mission."
"Most senior commanders didn't care. Soldiers were looting even when the commanding officer came to visit and he turned a blind eye. He pretended not to see." #fun