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Israel committing Gaza war crimes and ethnic cleansing, says Moshe Yaalon

Yaalon, right, is a former army chief of staff who served as defence minister under Netanyahu from 2013 to 2016, and has been a fierce critic of the prime minister ever since [File: Ronen Zvulun/EPA Pool]

Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon has accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, echoing the allegations by the International Criminal Court against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.

Yaalon, a former army chief of staff, told Israeli media that hardliners in Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there.

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