Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza
Gaza Strip, a rare critique from a member of the security establishment at a time of war.
The comments by Moshe Yaalon — first on Saturday, and then multiple times on Sunday, including in an interview with one of Israel's biggest television channels — came amid mounting criticism of the Israeli military's conduct in Gaza. They were swiftly denied and condemned by allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, saying that they would hurt the country and help its enemies.
Yaalon served as the Israeli military's chief of staff during the second intifada and as Netanyahu's defense minister during the 2014 war in Gaza, the longest conflict between Israel and Hamas before the current war. But he broke with Netanyahu in 2016 and has since become a critic of the Israeli leader.
At an event Saturday, Yaalon denounced Netanyahu's government for its actions in Gaza.
«The path they're dragging us down is to occupy, annex and ethnically cleanse — look at the northern strip,» he said. He also said Israel was being pulled in the direction of building settlements in Gaza, a notion that is supported by far-right politicians in Netanyahu's government.
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