Center right politician Moshe Ya’alon ignited a firestorm by acknowledging that Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing.

A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza.

It’s not the most moral army today and it’s difficult for me to say that,” Moshe Ya'alon concluded of the army he once ran.

After former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon repeatedly accused Israel of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” in the northern Gaza Strip, the military responds by saying that it rejects his “grave allegations.

Mr Moshe Yaalon, a hawkish former general, told Israeli media that hardliners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there.

A former chief of staff for the Israeli military admitted the country is committing "ethnic cleaning" in Gaza and accused Benjamin Netanyahu of "destruction."

Former defense minister and ex-IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon warns Israel is being dragged by its leadership on a path of ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip that will lead to its destruction. “The path we are being dragged down is occupation,

I have to warn about what is happening there (in northern Gaza) and what they are trying to hide from us, where they are committing war crimes,’ Moshe Ya’alon says - Anadolu Ajansı

Moshe Yaalon, a former Israeli defense minister, has accused his country of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip. Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, says its investigation hasn't found evidence of the IDF committing any war crimes or ethnic cleansing.

A former Israeli defense minister is accusing his country of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip.