An audio recording filtered and disseminated by Channel 12 of Israel presented statements of the largest retired general Ahaman Haliva, former head of military intelligence (Aman), who linked the tens of thousands of deaths in the Gaza Strip to a deliberate strategy to guarantee the future security of Israel.
In the extensive private conversations, Haliva said that the number of deceased in Gaza – which exceeded 50,000 in March 2024 – was “necessary and required for future generations”he said CNN.
He even set a proportion of retaliation: “For each person who died on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die,” he said, adding rawly: “Now it doesn’t matter if they are children.”
The ex -official also used the term Nakba –Reference to the catastrophe that meant for the Palestinians the expulsion of some 700,000 people in 1948 – to describe the current Israeli offensive: “There is no option; from time to time, they need a Nakba To feel the price, ”he said.
Haliva had resigned in April 2024, becoming the first senior Israeli military position in assuming responsibility for the intelligence failures that allowed the attacks of Hamas of October 7, 2023.
Israel genocide and more than 50,000 deaths in Gaza
In recordings, however, He distributed responsibilities by pointing to both Shin Bet, the internal security service, and the Israeli political leadershipwhom he accused of having underestimated Hamas’s ability to execute a large attack.
Consulted on Channel 12 after the audio publication, The former intelligence chief did not denied the authenticity of the statementsbut claimed that it was “partial fragments” pronounced in a closed forum, which does not reflect “the complete panorama” of classified discussions.
Filtration caused immediate reactions.
Hamas denounced that Haliva’s comments confirm that “crimes against our people are high -level decisions and official policies of the political leadership and security of the enemy.”
Israel states that its settlement plan “will permanently bury the idea of a Palestinian state”
Israel’s impunity
In parallel, Israel faces increasing criticism of the international community. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon recently said Benjamin Netanyahu He had “lost his way” and described as “totally unacceptable” any attempt to occupy the city of Gaza.
The Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, said in the same line: “Netanyahu is now a problem in itself.”
The statements coincide with more serious accusations: a UN Special Committee concluded in November 2023 that Israel’s behavior in Gaza “fits the characteristics of genocide.”
To this were added, last month, two Israeli human rights organizations that formally accused the Hebrew State of committing genocide in the strip.
The Israeli army rejected the accusations, qualifying them as “unfounded.” The Government has insisted that its operations comply with international law, while still killing hundreds of civilians daily.
Almost 100 thousand dead in Gaza since the beginning of Israel’s aggression, according to study
