The Chief of Staff of the Israeli army said on Tuesday that his forces have killed dozens of Palestinians and detained 1,500 more since March. Aviv Kochav said in a speech that the army “has been waging war in the West Bank, over the past seven months” and claimed that they had “thwarted hundreds of operations.” He made his remarks during a ceremony commemorating the killing of the soldiers of the Kfir unit, which mainly includes Haredi Jewish soldiers serving in the occupied West Bank. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and security minister Benny Gantz announced that they will cont…