Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio are unlawfully entrusting weapons and equipment to the Israeli military in its conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon, a federal lawsuit says.
The defendants are violating the Leahy Law, which refers to statutes that prohibit the US government from providing foreign military units accused of committing human rights violations, says the proposed class action lawsuit filed at the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Caterpillar have provided military equipment and weapons to Israel when they knew or should have known the military would use them in a manner involving an unreasonable risk of harm in Lebanon, the complaint says.
Plaintiffs say they “continue to suffer the indefinitely prolonged threat of death and grievous bodily injury to themselves, their family and their communities, indefinitely prolonged property destruction and expropriation of their lawfully-held land, and acute mental and emotional suffering related to the same.”
The plaintiffs include the Arab American Civil Rights League and several US citizens who say the Israeli military destroyed their property in Lebanon.
The court should direct the defendants to comply with federal law, and halt the transfer of technical, software, part, and maintenance support to Israel, among other relief, the complaint says.
“In general, it is our company practice not to comment on pending litigation,” a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said. The other companies, the Justice Department, and the State Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ayad Law PLLC represents the plaintiffs.
The case is The Arab Am. Civil Rights League v. Rubio, E.D. Mich., No. 26-cv-12793, 8/11/26.