Former Israeli army chief admits to over 200,000 Palestinian casualties in Gaza

Former Israeli army commander Herzi Halevi has said that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded in Israel's war on Gaza, and that "not once" during the genocide has the army been constrained by legal advice.

More than 10 percent of Gaza's 2.2 million population has been killed or wounded, or "more than 200,000 people", Halevi told a community meeting in southern Israel earlier this week.

Halevi led Israel's onslaught on Gaza for the first 17 months of the war before resigning as chief of staff in March over the massive security breach on 7 October 2023.

The figure is in line with estimates from the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza, which Israel has dismissed, though the United Nations and international humanitarian agencies regard them as reliable.

Multiple authoritative reports by Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights groups have concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, citing evidence of its acts of killing and destruction, as well as evidence of the intent to destroy Palestinians as a group in the besieged enclave.

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