{"id":524663,"date":"2026-07-04T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/524663\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:16:12","slug":"legal-group-files-complaint-in-italy-against-israeli-man-for-alleged-gaza-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/524663\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal group files complaint in Italy against Israeli man for alleged Gaza war crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hind Rajab Foundation said Friday that it filed a complaint in Rome accusing an Israeli man of war crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The man is believed to be in Italy, the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel group said, calling on Italian authorities to invoke their \u201cuniversal jurisdiction over international crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brussels-based legal group, which is named for a 6-year-old Gazan girl killed in January 2024, has over the past two years filed dozens of criminal complaints against Israeli soldiers and officials who are visiting or stationed abroad.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday, the group\u00a0claimed social media posts by the Israeli man, who was said to have served in the Combat Engineer Corps\u2019 749th Battalion, proved his complicity in alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation said the posts feature \u201cvideos of demolitions and photographs of him handling detonation cables. These materials demonstrate not only his direct involvement in the demolition operations, but also his public endorsement of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tGet The Times of Israel&#8217;s Daily Edition<br \/>\n\t\t\tby email and never miss our top stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/terms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">terms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statement did not say if Italian authorities were acting on the complaint, nor did any Italian media report on such action.<\/p>\n<p>It was the fourth time the foundation has filed a war crimes complaint against an IDF soldier in Italy, according to the Walla news site.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/static-cdn.toi-media.com\/www\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25277512957653-e1759589583759.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3656197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25277512957653-e1759589583759-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tIllustrative: Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators march in front of the Colosseum in Rome, October 4, 2025. (AP Photo\/Alessandra Tarantino)<\/p>\n<p>Israel vehemently denies it has committed war crimes or genocide during the war that followed the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023. The IDF says it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities, stressing that Hamas uses Gaza\u2019s civilians as human shields.<\/p>\n<p>The Hind Rajab Foundation, which regularly uses social media posts by Israeli troops to file complaints about them abroad, has sparked alarm within Israel, prompting the IDF to create new privacy rules.<\/p>\n<p>The group has spurred European authorities to detain a number of IDF soldiers, and forced a soldier visiting Brazil to flee back to Israel fearing arrest. However, it has been unsuccessful in court, and no soldier targeted by the group has been prosecuted for war crimes or any other alleged offenses committed in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tWe can&#8217;t do this work alone.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-4-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square size-square wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The war with Iran has been draining for all of us in Israel. But when I heard about a high casualty incident \u2013 ballistic missile impacts in Arad and Dimona that left nearly 200 people wounded \u2013 I drank a cup of coffee, packed a bag, and headed south.<\/p>\n<p>There, I spoke with Shilgit, the head of an after-school program for underprivileged youth. 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