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London War Crimes Complaint Filed Over Gaza Demolitions · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: In developments concerning international legal actions, the pro-Palestinian Hind Rajab
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  Speaker 1: Foundation announced on Monday that it has filed a criminal
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  Speaker 1: complaint in London against an Israeli man. The organisation claims
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  Speaker 1: he served as a reserve soldier and D9 bulldozer operator
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  Speaker 1: in the Gaza Strip and attributes allegations of war crimes,
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  Speaker 1: crimes against humanity, and genocide to him. The complaint centres
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  Speaker 1: on the alleged demolition of a flower production facility, Great
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  Speaker 1: Ocean Mills, on May 25, 2025, which HRF claims constitutes
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  Speaker 1: using starvation as a method of warfare given severe food
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  Speaker 1: shortages in Gaza. HRF also points to a photograph from
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  Speaker 1: November 2023 at a school in Gaza City, and additional
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  Speaker 1: footage of demolition operations. The foundation is seeking the man's
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  Speaker 1: arrest and investigation. and has also called for all adult
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  Speaker 1: Israelis entering Britain to be questioned about their IDF service.
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  Speaker 1: It is currently unknown if British authorities have launched an investigation,
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  Speaker 1: and the filing of a complaint does not guarantee proceedings
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  Speaker 1: will open. HRF has had previous complaints rejected by local
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  Speaker 1: authorities in other countries. Meanwhile in the West Bank, the
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  Speaker 1: IDF conducted a counter-terrorism operation near Nablus on Monday night,
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  Speaker 1: targeting wanted suspects and weapons. The operation also included the
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  Speaker 1: demolition of a monument that had honoured terrorists. This comes
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  Speaker 1: after an incident in August where MK Svi Sukhot, without authorisation,
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  Speaker 1: damaged the same monument. Sukhot had defended his actions, stating
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  Speaker 1: he had appealed to the IDF to remove what he
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  Speaker 1: called terror monuments. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously condemned Sukhot's
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  Speaker 1: unauthorised act, reinforcing the IDF's sole authority in Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF also condemned the August incident, clarifying that unauthorised
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  Speaker 1: actions violate operational terms. On the issue of antisemitism, pro-Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: defendants are accused of participating in an intimidation campaign against
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  Speaker 1: This situation has already resulted in several previous indictments. For
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