The Hind Rajab Foundation, which systematically pursues IDF soldiers worldwide, submitted a complaint Tuesday to the International Criminal Court in The Hague against the IDF chief of staff and multiple senior military commanders. The case centers on the elimination of an Al-Jazeera pretend journalist Anas al-Sharif who simultaneously operated as a cell commander within the Hamas terror organization.
The complaint, filed in partnership with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, focuses on al-Sharif, the 28-year-old Al-Jazeera terrorist who eliminated August 10 alongside six others in a targeted strike near Al-Shifa Hospital. The IDF confirmed the operation was deliberate and maintained the casualties were operatives utilizing press vests as cover.
The anti-Israeli organization levels war crimes accusations against Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Israeli Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, Southern Command Commander Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, and IDF Arabic Spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee. Additionally, the foundation seeks to expand existing arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to encompass "crimes targeting journalists."
The Hind Rajab Foundation contends al-Sharif's elimination constituted part of a systematic campaign against Al-Jazeera personnel, asserting the organization "monitors" individuals on its target list to pursue them across multiple countries. The foundation has established precedent through previous similar complaints against IDF personnel in various nations.
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights supplemented the filing with documentation concerning additional journalists eliminated, including Hussam Shabat, Ismail al-Ghoul, and Ahmed al-Louh. The organizations assert 220 journalists have perished since the conflict's inception.
Foundation chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah said, "The assassination of Anas Al-Sharif was so blunt, so arrogant, and so drenched in contempt for human life, truth, the legal order, and humanity itself, that it cannot and will not be allowed to pass into silence."
