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Rights group files US complaint against Israeli soldier

The Hind Rajab Foundation says it has filed a complaint in the US against an Israeli soldier named Adi Karni, “seeking [a] criminal investigation for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts amounting to genocide committed during Israel’s war in Gaza”.

The group said it has filed complaints against Karni in other places, including Peru.

“Karni is currently present in the United States and is scheduled to speak publicly at Boston University this evening, a fact that directly engages US jurisdiction and heightens the urgency of the filing,” it said.

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed criminal complaints in countries around the world against members of the Israeli military, whom it accuses of being involved in war crimes in Gaza.


 

Israel’s Rafah restrictions ‘a slow-motion massacre’

Muhammad Shehada, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, says an agreement that has been violated more than 1,400 times “is no ceasefire at all”.

According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel has violated the “truce” with Hamas at least 1,520 times from October 10 until today.

“At most, [the deal] can be just described as some sort of mild diplomatic restraint,” Shehada told Al Jazeera. “Whenever the world’s attention is elsewhere, Israel escalates dramatically.”

He also described Israel’s continued restrictions on freedom of movement at the Rafah border crossing as “cynical cruelty” after Palestinians across Gaza had been looking forward to the crossing’s reopening this week.

“It was a major emotional moment for me, my family, my loved-ones – inside or outside Gaza. But Israel hollowed [it] out of any substance or meaning,” Shehada said, denouncing Israel for blocking most ill and wounded people from getting treatment abroad.

“It’s basically a slow-motion massacre,” he said.

 

‘What ceasefire?’ Former PLO official says amid deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza

Hanan Ashrawi, a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee, has denounced Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza and restrictions at the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

In a post on X, Ashrawi noted that more than 550 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the US-brokered “ceasefire” came into effect in October.

“The Rafah crossing continues to be a cruel & severely restricted “passage” of pain & humiliation, subjecting the handful of returning Gazans to prolonged interrogation, endless delays (sometimes lasting days), & confiscation of their luggage,” she said.

“Those who enter are clearly severely traumatised. Those who need to leave to receive urgent medical care are delayed or refused exit, again restricting their numbers to scores.

“This continues to be a multifaceted war of aggression, based on the deliberate manipulation of the pain of a captive people.”