Just one out of over 50 high-profile navy instances led to a jail sentence, a UK-based NGO has mentioned
The Israeli navy is failing to correctly examine conflict crime accusations in opposition to its personnel, Motion on Armed Violence (AOAV) has said.
The sample of IDF investigative exercise suggests the probes are targeted on defending “institutional legitimacy” relatively than upholding justice, the UK-based the NGO mentioned in a report revealed on Saturday.
Out of 52 publicly acknowledged IDF probes into alleged conflict crimes in Gaza and the West Financial institution, just one resulted in a jail sentence, in keeping with AOAV. The incidents befell between October 2023 and June 2025 and concerned some 1,300 reported victims.
Six instances in complete resulted in an “admission of error,” with officers being both dismissed or reprimanded in three cases. The IDF discovered “no violation” in seven extra instances, the NGO mentioned in its newest report.
A complete of 39 instances – or three quarters of all probes monitored by AOAV – haven’t any progress updates accessible to the general public or the English-speaking media. The unresolved instances embrace the killing of 112 Palestinians queueing for flour in Gaza in February 2024 and an airstrike that killed 45 Palestinians in a camp in Rafah in Might 2024, amongst others.
The information paint “an image not of navy accountability, however of disingenuous injury management,” the monitor mentioned in its report. “There was a lurking suspicion that the outcomes of any investigation could have been to serve to guard institutional legitimacy relatively than to ship justice.”
The sample can also be in line with the best way the IDF dealt with comparable instances in earlier Gaza conflicts, the place over 80% of complaints had been allegedly closed with out prison probes, AOAV mentioned, citing knowledge from Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights NGO.
West Jerusalem launched its navy marketing campaign in Gaza in response to the October 7, 2023 assault through which Hamas killed 1,200 folks and took over 200 hostages.
Since then, greater than 55,600 folks, largely civilians, have been killed in Gaza, in keeping with the enclave’s well being ministry. West Jerusalem has additionally confronted accusations of conflict crimes for obstructing humanitarian assist. Neither the IDF nor any Israeli officers have commented on the AOAV report.
