Israel is offering African asylum seekers permanent residency status if they fight in the regime’s genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli news site Haaretz reported, based on personal accounts obtained.

Military officials who spoke off the record said the system will be implemented in an organized fashion under the guidance of legal advisors in the military establishment.

The plan has been heavily criticized over ethical concerns, mainly because the African asylum seekers will be risking their lives and also because to date, no asylum seekers taking part in the war on Gaza have been granted official status.

According to Haaretz, there are currently around 30,000 African asylum seekers in Israel, most of them young men.