Israeli soldiers have admitted that the regime is systematically demolishing residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in the besieged Gaza Strip under the pretext of establishing a so-called buffer zone, referred to by the military as “the Perimeter.”

The Israeli group Breaking the Silence recently compiled a report that includes accounts by soldiers involved in enforcing the “Perimeter” scheme.

The buffer zone covered roughly 55-58 square kilometers, which accounts for about 16% of Gaza’s total land area, and claimed 35% of its agricultural land.

The soldiers said much of the destruction, targeting of homes, infrastructure, and agricultural land, occurred without a direct threat to the Israeli military, the report said.

The “Perimeter” stretches from Gaza’s northern coast to the southern border with Egypt.

A non-commissioned officer said troops were told there were no civilians in the area. “There is no civilian population. They’re terrorists, all of them. There are no innocents.”

“Hiroshima. That’s what I’m saying, Hiroshima.”

Another sergeant stationed in northern Gaza described how Israeli bulldozers destroyed agricultural fields, including olive groves and crops.

“A very large excavator just comes through and takes out all the soil, kind of rolls it up, flattens it,” said the sergeant.

A captain stationed in southern Gaza said areas around the military-designated so-called security zone became “kill zones” for the Palestinians. “Anyone who crosses a certain line, that we have defined is considered a threat and is sentenced to death.”

The report cited the Israeli soldiers describing the demolition assignments as daily tasks.

“You get up in the morning, get the locations… every day, except if we run out of explosives.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said a corridor would cut off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza.

Israel has also reasserted control over the northern Netzarim corridor since shattering the ceasefire in March with a surprise bombardment to pressure the Hamas resistance movement to accept new terms for truce.

Netanyahu has vowed to intensify the attacks as part of a broader plan aligned with US President Donald Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace the Palestinians from Gaza.