According to Sanad, the drones produced by the Chinese Technology Giant are used for attacking hospitals and civilian shelters, and Palestinian prisoners are forced to act as a human shield for very armored Israeli soldiers.
This is not the first time that the DJI drones are modified and used by armies. There were similar reports on both sides of Russia-Ukraine War 2022. Years.
At that time DJI Suspended all sale both Countries and software modifications have been introduced which are limited areas where its drones can be used and how tall they were to be able to fly.
However, the DJI did not stop selling drones into Israel.
Israeli use of the DJI DJE
The use of DJI’s Israeli army is not new.
Until 2018. DJI were allegedly in terms of extensive use in numerous divisions in the Israeli army. The Hamushim Group has found evidence that Israeli military trained operators used the DJI matrix model 600 to discharge tears for civilian demonstrations during the next year Big Return March in Gaza.
Despite the previous schedule of the Israeli army, their deadly use against civilians and protected goals in Gaza, as documented in this investigation, is unseen.
Al Jazeera goes out to the Israeli authority to comment on the discovery of this investigation, but did not receive a response to the publication time.
Sanad documented several DJI DRONS that are adapted for military use.
However, it is a powerful DJI Agras Drone, developed for agricultural use, the most significant.
According to their manufacturers, the DJI AGRAS can carry a significant useful load and is capable of precise flight.
As Sanad’s investigation shows, it can also be used to deliver explosive useful load to goals beyond the reach of conventional military forces.
In addition to the DJI Agras, Dji Mavic used the Israeli army over the reconnaissance and targeted gauge.
Similarly, compact DJI Avata drone, designed for recreational recording, Israeli has taken away Israeli military for navigation and laying in intricate tunnel networks below the gauze.
Attacks in the north of Gaza
In late 2024. Year, Israel passed the siege in North Gaza, pushing the population in hunter star and Imposing conditions described as “apocalyptic” unified nation observers.
Residents and humanitarian organizations reported an alarming number of what seemed to be the civilian drones armed with explosives.
In the incident documented by displaced civilians, shots divided in 17. July 2024. year, the DJI Agras Drone in the Turkish Charitable building in Jabalija, northern Gaza, less than 100 meters (330ft) from the school and shelter centers.
In November in Beita Lahi, North Gaza, Dji Agras Drone dropped a bomb in a residential neighborhood in which civilians fled after the Israeli shelling in the school shelter contained without governance.
People who were the witnesses of the bombing said Sanada attack seemed to be calculated to make a convincing fear.
Supervision and urban warfare
Behind the direct attacks, the Israeli modified DJI drones are used intensively to monitor and tactical operations throughout the gauze.
In the further incident, the recordings that Almazeera Arabic received from one Israeli drone, helping the unnamed Palestinian use very armed Israeli soldiers as a human shield in Shujai in December 2023. years. Years.
The individual can see the opening of the school door to make sure there were no Palestinian fighters from the inside, closely monitoring the second drone that caught the whole operation.
DJI Double Standards: Gaza vs Ukraine
In 2022, in response to Ukrainian officials to share critical data with their Russian opponents, the drone producer suspended all sale with their retail partners in both countries.
He explained the move: “We will never accept any use of our products to inflict damage, and we will continue to strive to improve the world with our work.”
Despite the evidence of the DJI drones that are the arms of the Israeli army in Gaza, the DJI has no such response.
Responding to direct queries from Sanada, DJI said: “Our products are only for peaceful and civilian use, and we absolutely complain and condemn the use of (DJI) products to inflict damage anywhere in the world.”
The subsequent direct inquiry asked whether it plans to “stop selling in Israel or implement measures similar to those entered in the conflict in Russia-Ukraine”.
But the DJI did not answer that he did not take any measures to stop selling or imposed software restrictions on which drones can fly over the gauze, allowing continuous military scheduling of their drones from the Israeli Army.
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