Israel killing Palestinians ‘like we haven't since 1967’, top commander says

Israel killing Palestinians ‘like we haven't since 1967’, top commander says Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 05/04/2026 - 13:41 West Bank commander boasts about high death toll and defends looser rules of engagement, including firing at unarmed Palestinians An Israeli soldier stands on guard during an army raid at a cafe in the Rafidia neighbourhood of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on 23 April 2026 (Nasser Ishtayeh / SOPA Images via Reuters) Off Israel ’s top commander in the occupied West Bank has said the army is killing Palestinians at levels “not seen since 1967”, according to Haaretz . Avi Bluth, head of the Israeli army’s Central Command, made the remarks in a closed forum, where he also defended looser rules of engagement allowing troops to fire at unarmed Palestinians. He acknowledged a discriminatory approach whereby Jewish Israeli stone-throwers are not targeted while Palestinians carrying out similar acts are fired at.