Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip Former army chief of staff Herzi Halevi (r) in Gaza in 2023. His tally of killed and injured Palestinians is close to that of Gaza’s health ministry. Photograph: Israel Defense Forces/Reuters A former Israeli army commander, Herzi Halevi, has confirmed that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured in the war in Gaza, and that “not once” in the c
Two US lawmakers filed a report saying Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the occupied West Bank Senators Chris Van Hollen (left) and Jeff Merkley talk to reporters about their trip to the Middle East during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on 11 September 2025 (Chip Somodevilla/AFP) US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley released a report on Thursday saying that the US is complicit in Israel’s "ethnic cleansing" of Palestine. Van