‘Critical Opportunity’ – Israeli Soldier Faces War Crimes Complaint in Sweden 

A ineligible ailment was filed against an Israeli worker successful Sweden. (Photo: via Hind Rajab Foundation X page)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a warfare crimes ailment successful Sweden against Israeli sniper Boaz Ben David for his actions successful Gaza.

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a ineligible ailment successful Sweden against different Israeli worker identified arsenic Boaz Ben David, a sniper from the 932 Battalion of the Nahal Brigade.

The ailment “accuses Ben David of committing warfare crimes, crimes against humanity, and imaginable acts of genocide” during the Israeli army’s operations successful the Gaza Strip, the enactment said successful a connection connected Thursday.

Ben David, a unit sergeant and sniper successful the Latak Platoon of the Spearhead Company, “is ​​accused of playing a nonstop relation successful the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, demolition of Palestinian homes, and systematic acts of unit successful Gaza,” it added.

Photo, Video Evidence

Evidence submitted includes photographs, videos, and witnesser testimonies, “corroborated by reports from planetary quality rights organizations and reputable journalists.”

According to the organization, Ben David posted images of himself connected March 1, 2024, utilizing a sniper firearm successful Gaza City. Witness accounts and journalistic reports bespeak that civilians, including women and children, were killed successful these operations, it said.

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— The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) January 9, 2025

His portion was besides progressive successful vandalizing Palestinian homes, with graffiti slogans defacing walls.

“These acts violated planetary humanitarian law, which prohibits the unnecessary demolition of civilian property,” said the organization.

‘Violations of Geneva Conventions’

The 932 Battalion, the connection added, participated successful a raid connected Gaza’s Shifa Hospital successful March 2024. It said a United Nations study aboriginal revealed the find of wide graves adjacent the hospital, with victims showing signs of torture and execution.

“These acts, constituting violations of the Geneva Conventions, further exemplify the inhumane attraction of Gaza’s civilian population,” said the organization.

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In addition, commanders successful Ben David’s portion “issued explicit calls for the wide sidesplitting and expulsion of Palestinians.”

One elder officer, according to the statement, declared, “Gaza needs to beryllium wiped out…burned…bombed…turned into a parking lot.”

These statements, explained the foundation, “coupled with the systematic actions connected the ground, uncover a wide intent to destruct the Palestinian population.”

‘Arrest and Interrogate’

“Ben David’s caller accomplishment successful Sweden provides a captious accidental for the state to show its committedness to upholding planetary justice,” said the statement.

The enactment urged Swedish authorities “to promptly apprehension and interrogate” Ben David.

“Should Sweden opt not to prosecute him domestically, the instauration requests his extradition to the International Criminal Court oregon different jurisdiction susceptible of ensuring a just proceedings and accountability,” said the statement.

What we are doing—pursuing ineligible enactment against Israeli soldiers—is, successful a way, re-humanizing them. A person said yesterday, “They should convey you, not endanger you.” And he’s right. Genocide dehumanizes not lone the victims but besides the perpetrators.
Justice and accountability…

— Dyab Abou Jahjah (@Aboujahjah) January 9, 2025

The concern successful Gaza, it said, “remains 1 of the worst humanitarian crises successful modern history, with implicit 2,000 children killed since October 2024, according to UN reports.”

“The actions of snipers similar Ben David, nether the absorption of commanders with genocidal intent, person importantly contributed to the devastation,” the connection added.

The instauration said it believed that “holding individuals accountable is important for deterring aboriginal crimes and delivering justness to the victims and their families.”

Soldier Flees Brazil

An Israeli worker who faced an urgent apprehension warrant portion connected abrogation successful Brazil earlier this week, landed backmost successful Tel Aviv, reported the Israeli Ynet quality website.

Yuval Vagdani, accused of committing warfare crimes successful Gaza, “fled with the assistance of the Foreign Ministry,” the study stated.

Brazilian authorities person issued an urgent apprehension bid for an Israeli worker accused of committing warfare crimes during Israel’s ongoing genocidal warfare connected Gaza. This determination follows a transgression ailment filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation, a quality rights enactment dedicated to seeking justness for Palestinian victims.

🚨 Breaking: Case Filed Against Yuval Vagdani successful Argentina 🚨

After Yuval Vagdani's flight from Brazil to Argentina, the #HindRajabFoundation has filed a ineligible lawsuit successful Argentina against the warfare crimes suspect. This determination reinforces our committedness to ending impunity and holding… pic.twitter.com/VZOYSLwM33

— The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) January 7, 2025

The Brazilian national tribunal which issued the apprehension bid order acted connected a transgression ailment filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation accusing the worker of participating successful the demolition of full neighborhoods successful Gaza.

The worker was reported to person been progressive successful planting explosives and destroying civilian homes. Evidence provided by the Hind Rajab Foundation includes videos, photos, and geolocation information that straight nexus the worker to these acts.

‘A Breakthrough’

“This determination marks a breakthrough,” said Diab Abu Jahja, caput of the Hind Rajab Foundation, successful an interrogation with Al-Jazeera. He noted that, dissimilar erstwhile cases wherever Israeli soldiers fled to Israel oregon different countries, this is the archetypal clip a Brazilian tribunal has issued an apprehension bid for an Israeli soldier.

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The lawsuit has gained important momentum, with families whose homes were destroyed successful Gaza joining arsenic plaintiffs.

After Vagdani fled Brazil, helium arrived successful Argentina, wherever the Foundation also filed a lawsuit against the warfare crimes suspect.

“This determination reinforces our committedness to ending impunity and holding perpetrators accountable. Justice volition prevail, nary substance wherever they hide,” said the organization.

Major Step

Legal experts spot the Brazilian determination arsenic a large measurement successful combating impunity.

Riad Abu Badwia, a prof of planetary law, told Al Jazeera that Brazil, arsenic a signatory of the Rome Statute, has the ineligible authorization to prosecute individuals progressive successful warfare crimes, careless of nationality.

Abu Badwia believes the determination could animate different nations to travel suit, perchance opening the doorway for broader planetary accountability for Israeli subject officials. It besides comes amid increasing planetary unit connected Israel, including a caller ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) condemning Israel for genocide successful Gaza.

Arrest Warrant successful Chile

At slightest 620 attorneys successful Chile this week sought the apprehension of a discharged Israeli worker from Battalion 749 for his relation successful crimes against humanity and genocide during the warfare connected Gaza, Al Mayadeen reported.

Saar Hirshoren is present traveling successful the South American country, the study noted.

According to the complaint, Hirshoren was progressive successful the deliberate demolition of “residential neighborhoods, taste sites and indispensable facilities successful Gaza, committing inhumane, cruel and degrading acts, causing taste cleansing and forced displacement of the population,” reported Al Mayadeen.

‼️🚨 🇨🇱 A radical of 620 Chilean lawyers has submitted a suit against Israeli worker Saar Hirshorn of Battalion 749, accused of crimes against humanity successful Gaza, presently residing successful Chile. pic.twitter.com/OrEMfad3OB

— SilencedSirs◼️ (@SilentlySirs) January 6, 2025

It said the suit was supported by grounds from a Palestinian woman residing successful Chile, whose household members had been victims of Israeli aggression successful Gaza.

Lawyer and erstwhile Chilean ambassador Nelson Haddad said the apprehension indispensable hap “before the imminent flight attempt,” arsenic the concern was “extremely urgent.”

Haddad emphasized that “we cannot judge that aft having massacred hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, mostly children and women, they tin beryllium allowed to travel to Chilean Patagonia for vacation,” the study added.

(PC, Al Mayadeen)