Steam hosts video game that lets players kill IDF soldiers

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by Steve Janoski

Video game streaming service Steam has come under fire for platforming a controversial game where you play as a Palestinian gunman gunning down invading Israeli soldiers.

Released on March 31st and titled Toofan AlAqsa, the first-person shooter is described on the Steam website as a game ostensibly about the “protection of Al-Aqsa and Palestine” by the Israel Defense Forces.

“Upgrade your abilities to defeat enemies faster,” the free game's description says.

“Complete all levels to liberate Palestine. This is in support of #FreePalestine.”

On Tuesday, An account on X named “StopAntisemitism” The game and its violent message garner social media attention.

“Because there is not enough violence against Jews around the world, @vapor “We thought it was a great idea to platform a game about shooting Jews,” the account said.

Some posters were furious and called on gamers to take their money elsewhere.

“Please boycott immediately.” User @afromike76 wrote.

Some are worried that the game's developer, Digital Dimension LLC, may have some ulterior motive.

“In addition to the obvious glorification of terrorism, these applications developed by terrorist organizations often also install malicious software.” Written by @alinaghu2018.

“Steam has a responsibility to remove these to protect our users.”

Some even say this isn't the first time Steam has ignored concerns about game content — X Poster NeraBerg13 the company has said in the past He hosted a game “based entirely on the murder of Jews.”

“It was reported countless times and they did nothing,” the poster continued.

“There were some games where the patch notes were so full of propaganda for Nazi ideology that it took us a long time to get rid of them.”

Some gamers who reviewed Toofan AlAqsa on the Steam site specifically criticized the game for its poor gameplay.

“The game feels like a joke,” said one player.

“When you open the game, a very suspicious process starts running inside your PC as well. I don't understand why they would allow something like this to be on store shelves.”

Others were overjoyed, spewing anti-Semitic hate on their review pages.

“A simple game where you shoot pedophiles chosen by Satan who came from Eastern Europe and Khazars and pretended to be Js and fabricated history to steal land, houses and oil” and a user called “Zera of Palestine” wrote.

Representatives for Valve Corporation, Steam's parent company, did not respond to multiple requests for comment from The Post.