Thailand: Lawsuit against Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes in Gaza

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a complaint in a Thai court against an Israeli soldier who was visiting Thailand, accusing him of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, according to a document issued by the Research Department of the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Anti-Semitism yesterday.

The document stated that HRF is behind the prosecution of Israeli soldiers who participated in the war on Gaza and accuses them of committing war crimes. It uses the services of a Thai law firm specialising in war and international humanitarian laws to prosecute Israeli soldiers.

The HRF, named after a Palestinian child who was martyred in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, filed a lawsuit against an Israeli soldier who was visiting Brazil at the end of last week, but he managed to escape.

The demand to prosecute Israeli soldiers comes as an additional measure to the decision by the ICC in The Hague to issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on suspicion of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war on Gaza.

The HRF was established in Brussels as an NGO last September. It collects information about Israeli soldiers from social media sites where they post photos and videos documenting their participation in the war, and others documenting their travels to foreign countries.

The Israeli document stated that the HRF provided the ICC with information documenting war crimes in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon committed by more than 1,000 Israeli occupation soldiers and officers.

The fund has filed 28 lawsuits against Israeli soldiers in eight countries so far, with Israel helping smuggle soldiers out of at least five countries.

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