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IDF rejects claim of ex-defense chief Ya’alon that it’s carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Moshe Ya'alon attends a protest for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip and for early elections, near the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 28, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
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.”
“The IDF acts in accordance with international law, and evacuates the population in accordance with the operational need and temporarily, for its protection,” the military says in response to a query.
“The IDF rejects the grave allegations of ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, which harm the IDF and its soldiers,” the army adds in its brief reply.
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