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2024-12-06 Europe
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IDF said to warn dozens of soldiers against travel abroad over war crimes claims
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[IsraelTimes] Military finds anti-Israel groups filed complaints against some 30 troops who served in Gaza Strip; officials concerned images posted to social media could be used as evidence
The Israel Defense Forces warned some 30 soldiers and officers who fought in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
Strip to avoid traveling abroad after anti-Israel, pro-Paleostinian groups filed complaints against them for alleged war crimes, according to a Wednesday report.
In eight cases, soldiers who did travel abroad were immediately told to return over fears they would be arrested or questioned by the country they were visiting, the Ynet news site reported. The soldiers were visiting Cyprus, Slovenia, and the Netherlands.
The IDF does not bar soldiers from traveling abroad, but it does conduct a "risk assessment" for troops who served in Gaza before approving their request, the report said.
IDF reservists who fought in Gaza are being advised to first check with the Foreign Ministry regarding the level of danger in any country they wish to visit.
Officials are concerned that aside from local legal actions, some senior officers could face prosecution at the International Criminal Court, which last month issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes.
IDF sources told Ynet that there was a concern that individual processes against lower-ranking soldiers and officers traveling abroad could be based on the ruling of the Hague court and on evidence gathered from social media or media reports.
Soldiers have been identified from videos and images they posted online that were taken during their service in Gaza, even though from the start of the ground operation in the Strip the IDF instructed troops not to publish such images amid concerns the material could be used against them in war crimes proceedings.
Anti-Israel activists are carefully monitoring the social media accounts of soldiers who have posted such material in case they also publish images from trips abroad, at which point the activists plan to file local charges against them, Ynet reported.
Soldiers who are planning to travel abroad are being advised to not post any images that give away their location.
IDF legal experts have assessed that the ICC will not go after lower-ranking officers and soldiers who were carrying out the orders of the politicianship, the report said. In addition, the ICC is not likely to involve itself due to the principle of "complementarity," under which a democratic country such as Israel is trusted to prosecute criminal activity though its own judicial system.
However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone...
officials are concerned that senior commanders such as the IDF’s northern and southern command chiefs, or IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, could be targeted by the ICC, the report said, though no such moves have yet been seen.
Israel will give full support via its local diplomatic offices to any soldier who is arrested or detained for questioning, or who feels threatened by activists while abroad, IDF sources said.
The threat of legal action against soldiers could increase as the fighting in Gaza dwindles and access to the Strip is granted to humanitarian groups and foreign media. With that in mind, an inter-ministerial team has been put together, led by the justice and foreign ministries along with the international law department of the IDF.
The team, which includes representation from the Shin Bet security service and the Mossad intelligence agency, makes assessments based on where a soldier served and the chances of them being arrested or detained in each country.
A key factor in the assessment is which countries say they will uphold the warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, IDF sources told Ynet.
In addition, Israel has hired the services of local attorneys in dozens of countries around the world to keep an eye on legislation on their own turf relating to Israel and the war. The attorneys have also been asked to watch out for legal action against Israeli officials or members of the military and will defend such figures if necessary.
The sheer volume of available material that could be used against soldiers was highlighted Tuesday by the Washington Post, which published an in-depth investigation into videos posted by Israeli soldiers during 14 months of war that showed actions and behavior that could violate both IDF orders and international law. 
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