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Hind Rajab Foundation's pursuit of Israeli soldiers accused of crimes

In Gaza, troops from Israel film their abuses and publish them online. An NGO seizes them to launch legal proceedings abroad.

Hind Rajab Foundation's pursuit of Israeli soldiers accused of crimes

Displaced persons among the rubble in Jabalia, Gaza Strip, Jan. 20, 2025, the day after the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. (Credit: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)

The story had caused a wave of panic within the Israeli army. Last January, Yuval Vagdani, a reservist on vacation in Brazil, had to be urgently evacuated from the country after a local judge ordered an investigation to determine if he had committed war crimes in Gaza. The cause was videos of house and building destructions filmed in the enclave and posted on social media. Based on this evidence, a complaint was filed for participation "in broader efforts to impose intolerable living conditions on Palestinian civilians." Behind this initiative is the Hind Rajab Foundation, based in Brussels and named in homage to a six-year-old girl killed by the Israeli army in Gaza on Jan. 29, 2024.Her assassination, emblematic of the violations of international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli army in Gaza, left a lasting impact. An...
The story had caused a wave of panic within the Israeli army. Last January, Yuval Vagdani, a reservist on vacation in Brazil, had to be urgently evacuated from the country after a local judge ordered an investigation to determine if he had committed war crimes in Gaza. The cause was videos of house and building destructions filmed in the enclave and posted on social media. Based on this evidence, a complaint was filed for participation "in broader efforts to impose intolerable living conditions on Palestinian civilians." Behind this initiative is the Hind Rajab Foundation, based in Brussels and named in homage to a six-year-old girl killed by the Israeli army in Gaza on Jan. 29, 2024.Her assassination, emblematic of the violations of international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli army in Gaza, left a lasting impact....
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