‘50 Palestinians for 1 Israeli’: Ex-Israeli intel chief calls Gaza killings ‘necessary’; audio leaked

Former Israeli intelligence chief main basic Aharon Haliva reportedly referred to as tens and 1000’s of deaths in Gaza needed and required for future generations In the leaked audio recordings, Haliva, broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12, the most important basic might be heard saying, “For everything that happened on October 7, for every one person on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die. It doesn’t matter now if they are children.”

Haliva additionally described the killing of greater than 50,000 folks in Gaza as “necessary,” including, “Every now and then, they need a Nakba to feel the price.” The Nakba, that means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers back to the 1948 mass displacement of Palestinians through the creation of Israel.Gaza’s dying toll handed 50,000 in March. The remarks have drawn sturdy reactions, with Hamas condemning it by saying the recording proved that assaults on Palestinians had been high-level coverage. Haliva led Israeli navy intelligence on 7 October 2023, when Hamas fighters killed about 1,200 folks and kidnapped 250 others in southern Israel. He resigned in April 2024, citing accountability for the intelligence failures that allowed the assault. Channel 12 didn’t disclose who Haliva was talking to within the conversations. Responding to the report, Haliva mentioned the remarks had been taken from a “closed forum” and described them as “fragments of partial things” that didn’t mirror the complete image.