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HRF legal actions and IDF criminal probes

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The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has initiated legal actions in multiple countries against Israeli reservists, alleging involvement in war crimes and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. In Vietnam, the foundation filed a criminal complaint against Matan Girafi, an Israeli reservist and NGO CEO, alleging his involvement in destroying civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and military operations in Lebanon. In India, the HRF filed a complaint against an unnamed reservist for the “unlawful destruction of civilian property” in Khan Yunis, citing satellite imagery and social media evidence. In response to mounting pressure, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has launched criminal investigations into specific troop conduct following a review of approximately 150 operational incidents by its Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism. The military announced probes into the January 2024 deaths of five-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, as well as the March 2025 killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics and emergency workers in Tel al-Sultan. Regarding the Rajab case, the IDF admitted for the first time that its troops fired on the vehicle carrying the child and her relatives, reversing previous claims that soldiers were not within firing range. The investigation will also examine the shooting of a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance that attempted to rescue the child. ~~While~~ Family members have expressed skepticism toward the military ~~is proceeding with these specific cases, it has declined to open criminal investigations into other notable attacks, such~~ probe. Hind Rajab’s grandmother stated that the family views the investigation as an attempt by the ~~April 2024 strike on World Central Kitchen vehicles or certain incidents involving Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff, citing~~ military to “justify” the killings to the international community rather than a ~~lack of reasonable suspicion~~ genuine pursuit of ~~criminal misconduct. The~~ accountability. While the Israeli foreign ministry maintains the investigation demonstrates the country is a “law-abiding democracy,” the HRF has criticized these selective ~~investigations, describing them~~ investigations as a ~~“maskerade” and~~ “maskerade,” expressing no confidence that they will lead to genuine ~~accountability or~~ justice.

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