The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a criminal complaint Tuesday in Greece against Israeli soldier Oran Rubin for war crimes and genocide.
HRF noted in a statement that documented evidence placed Rubin at two sites of large-scale destruction in the Gaza Strip, while stressing that the Israeli soldier is in Athens.
The foundation noted that Israeli forces took control of Palestine Square in December 2023 and “systematically destroyed the civilian district surrounding the square, first with tanks, bulldozers, and fire, and later through the controlled demolition of buildings that remained standing.”
It noted that Rubin posted photographs of himself posing atop the ruins of Palestine Square during that period.
Photographs also show Rubin in front of and inside the Al-Taqwa Mosque after Israeli forces took control of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
The complaint alleged that Rubin’s conduct may constitute several war crimes, including intentionally attacking religious buildings and civilian objects, militarily unjustified and unlawful extensive destruction of property, and attacking undefended towns, dwellings and buildings which are not military objectives.
“The complaint further alleges that, when considered within the broader systematic destruction of civilian life and infrastructure in Gaza, the acts documented in this case also constitute genocide,” the statement added.
HRF urged Greek authorities to open an investigation without delay, question the suspect and take measures such as arrest and referral for prosecution to prevent him from leaving Greek territory.
“No one suspected of war crimes should be able to find safe haven from accountability in Europe,” it said.
Israel launched a genocide on Gaza on Oct.8, 2023. The onslaught continued for two years, causing widespread destruction, while Israeli violations have continued despite a ceasefire that has been in effect since Oct. 10, 2025.
US President Donald Trump demanded Israel halt its strikes on the Gaza Strip on Aug. 17.
Since the ceasefire took effect, Israel has killed 1,326 Palestinians and wounded 4,398 others, while rescue teams have recovered hundreds of bodies from under the rubble.
As of Tuesday, the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023 had reached around 73,462, with 174,509 others wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Anadolu
CROSSFIREARABIA – Commander of the contentious 52nd Battalion which was involved in the killing of a six-year-old girl in Gaza was torched in his tank in southern Lebanon.
Lieutenant Colonel Dor Gadalia Ben-Simhon, 32 years old was one of the four Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon, Friday morning, as their tank was targeted during clashes with Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon an Israeli army statement announced.
The tank was set alight as a result of a rocket where the soldiers inside perished. The battalion that belonged to the Israeli 401st Armored Brigade has always been involved in controversy as Ben-Simhon is the fourth commander of this battalion to be killed and/or wounded, according to The Times of Israel.
But the curse started on 29 January 2024 when officers of the battalion were responsible for the killing of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in the Gaza Strip that was witnessing one of the worst genocides against it since living memory.
In April 2026, Daniel Ella, the previous commander of the 52nd Battalion, was called up to assume temporary duties during the offensive in southern Lebanon after the previous commander was also wounded through intense fighting with Hezbollah forces.
The reappearance of Ella brought to mind one of the most horrific war crimes committed by Israel in its two-year genocide in Gaza, which began soon after 7 October 2023.
The story of the killing of little Hind will indeed serve as a stain on the notion of professional soldiering in Israel for she and her relatives were killed in cold blood as they hastily travelled on 29 January 2024, from the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City as the Israeli army targeted a car they were in.
She remained trapped inside the vehicle amidst the five bodies of her aunt, uncle and four nieces. They were all killed instantly except for one 15-year-old niece called Layan, though she died later whilst talking to an officer from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on an attempt to rescue them.
In those hours a two-man Palestinian team finally persuaded the Israelis to be allowed to rescue Hind and Layan but in the end didn’t succeed and were killed. The ambulance that was standing bye was also blown up by one of the tanks that were near and the men inside it also killed.
The child was found dead in the car 12 days later with the vehicle riddled with 335 bullets from Israeli tanks and armoured vehicles. After her cousin was killed, also by a direct bullet, the six-year-old picked up the phone and started pleading to one of the officers. The conversation lasted for three hours until the line went dead. That is when she and the two officers – Yousef Zeino and Ahmad Al Madhoun – were fired upon again and killed. Despite military coordination an Israeli tank fired on the ambulance and went up in flames.
In May 2025, the Hind Rajab Foundation announced it filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Ella and the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, Colonel Benny Aharon, accusing them of war crimes and holding them responsible for the death of Hind who was killed alone in the car surrounded by the limp bodies of family relatives.
According to The Times of Israel, Ella was wounded in Gaza in July 2024 while commanding the same 52nd battalion. He was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Yehuda Shalev, who was seriously wounded in October of the same year. The battalion’s commander was later wounded in Lebanon. The Israeli Channel 14 referred to him only as “A” last April.
Since October 2023, Ella commanded the 52 Battalion three times following the wounding of its previous commander during the offensives on Gaza and later in Lebanon, as per Channel 14.
An investigation by Al Jazeera last October 2025 revealed the names of the Israeli soldiers, including Ella and Aharon, involved in the killing of Hind, her family, and the paramedics who tried to save her.
The killing of Hind is one of thousands of crimes committed by the Israeli army in its genocidal war on Gaza. This is a war that has been openly and blatantly supported by the United States, which left more than 73,000 Palestinians dead and over 173,000 wounded, most of them children and women, and destroyed 90 percent of the infrastructure.
Despite the ceasefire agreement that took effect since 10 October, 2025, Israel continues its vicious campaign through a persistent siege and daily bombardment that killed 1,007 Palestinians and injured 3,165. These are mostly children and women, in addition to causing widespread destruction.
Israel also prevents the entry of agreed-upon quantities of food, medicine, medical supplies, shelter materials, and prefabricated housing into Gaza, where some 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.9 million displaced persons, are living in catastrophic conditions.
In 1948, Israel was established on land occupied by armed Zionist militias who committed massacres and displaced at least 750,000 Palestinians. Tel Aviv then occupied the remaining Palestinian territories and refused to withdraw or allow the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al-Helou, who was injured while working in the field in the Gaza Strip, along with the Brussels-based Hind Rajab Foundation, filed a criminal complaint against a dual Belgian-Israeli citizen, accusing him of serving as a sniper in the Israeli army.
The Belgian newspaper Le Soir reported that Al-Helou, 24, currently residing as a refugee in the Netherlands, and the Hind Rajab Foundation submitted a request last week to a Brussels court to open an investigation into a person identified only by his initials (A.B.), believed to be residing in the Belgian capital, as well as others whose identities have not yet been revealed.
According to the complaint, A.B. served in the Refaim sniper unit of an Israeli army battalion and is suspected of involvement in serious violations of international humanitarian law.
While working as a journalist in Gaza, Al-Helou was shot by a sniper while covering events near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis between November 2023 and February 2024, despite wearing protective gear clearly marked “PRESS” to indicate his press credentials.
Al-Helou survived the attack after the bullet struck his protective vest, while his 14-year-old brother was killed during Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Al-Helou and his lawyer, Ian Vermon, from the Hind Rajab Foundation, submitted the complaint along with photos and videos, as well as medical reports and witness testimonies confirming the facts.
The Hind Rajab Foundation works to document and prosecute Israeli military personnel suspected of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The foundation is named after Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl who was killed along with six members of her family in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their car southwest of Gaza City on January 29, 2024.
Established in Brussels in February 2024, the foundation focuses on pursuing legal action against Israeli officials and military personnel in national and international courts. Quds Press
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