Al Majalla lays out the evolution of the unit at the heart of Israel's war machine, highlighting its notable successes as well as some of its catastrophic failures
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Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards