Former defense minister accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza
In a rare critique of Israel's own security sector on military operations in the Palestinian enclave, a former Israeli defense minister accused his nation of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip.
In an interview with the Reshet Bet radio station on Sunday, Moshe Yaalon said that the Israeli government was endangering the lives of Israel Defense Forces personnel and subjecting them to lawsuits at the International Criminal Court.
He replied, "I speak for commanders who are in northern Gaza." Here, war crimes are being perpetrated.
He claimed in a different interview with Democrat TV on Saturday that the Israeli government was attempting to annex, conquer, and engage in ethnic cleansing.
He claimed that as the Israeli military gets ready to move against Hamas forces ...