Israel closes 88% of investigations into war crimes in Gaza without charges: Report
A war monitor has found that 88 percent of Israeli military investigations into war crimes by its soldiers since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip have been closed without any charges or findings of wrongdoing.
The Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) released a report on Sunday, stating that the unresolved probes include incidents such as the killing of at least 112 Palestinians queuing for flour in Gaza City in February 2024, as well as the tragic deaths of five-year-old Hind Rajab and her family on January 29 of the same year.
The report also highlighted another unresolved case, which is an airstrike that resulted in the death of 45 individuals in a tented camp in the southern city of Rafah in May 2024.
In a case where the Israeli military admitted that its soldiers tied a Palestinian man, Mujahed Azmi, to the front of a military jeep during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on June 23, 2024, no findings or disciplinary actions have been disclosed.
On 23 March, 15 Palestinian medics were killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on a clearly marked ambulance, and this incident also remains unresolved despite the Israeli military admitting to “professional failures” and dismissing a deputy commander.
