Anti-Israel NGO seeks arrest of IDF general in Italy for alleged Gaza war crimes

Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, Head of Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for court hearing on the entering of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, Head of Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) arrives to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for court hearing on the entering of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, July 21, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Hind Rajab Foundation, a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel organization that has previously sought the arrest of Israeli soldiers abroad, petitions the International Criminal Court to detain Maj.-Gen. Ghassan Alian, head of the military’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), over alleged war crimes in Gaza, saying he was currently in Italy attending a meeting.

“We have filed a case against him in the International Criminal Court asking them to activate any arrest warrant that they have against him, or if not issue a new one, and we have also informed the Italian authorities,” says Dyab Abou Jahjah, the foundation’s chair, speaking to left-wing American news program Democracy Now.

Alian would be one of the most senior IDF officers targeted by the group.

The group also calls for his arrest publicly, in a post to X, accusing him of “genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

Israel, which has been at war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza since October 7, 2023, when the group attacked Israel, strongly denies any such allegations, pointing to its efforts to avoid civilian casualties and to Hamas’s use of human shields in battle.

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