Breaking the Silence, an Israeli organization of military veterans working to raise awareness of Israel’s abuses in the occupied Palestinian territory, said Israeli forces do not need “direct orders” to “dehumanize” Palestinian people.

In a series of posts on social media, the advocacy group said the recent incident where Israeli soldiers tied a wounded, innocent, Palestinian civilian to the bonnet of their military vehicle demonstrated how Israeli troops feel “entitled” to carry out such abuses.

“This entitlement can also be seen in Gaza in countless TikToks posted by soldiers where they are seen looting and defacing property,” the group said.

“The soldiers didn’t need direct orders in order to dehumanize an innocent injured man by tying him to the hood of a vehicle,” they said.

“Decades of corrupting occupation have brought us to the point where incidents like these have become an inevitability in the occupied territories.”