The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint in Germany against Israeli soldier Elkana Federman, accusing him of torture and the deliberate starvation of civilians in Gaza under the German Code of Crimes Against International Law.
The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint before the German Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe against Elkana Federman, an Israeli national affiliated with the Kfir Brigade’s Battalion 94 (Duchifat) and the extremist settler organization Tsav 9, for war crimes and crimes against humanity under Germany’s Code of Crimes Against International Law, the group announced on Friday.
The complaint, submitted by Attorney Melanie Schweizer on behalf of the Foundation, requests Federman’s immediate arrest and the issuance of a European Arrest Warrant.
According to the filing, extensive digital evidence links Federman to acts of torture and to the systematic obstruction of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Federman was reportedly in Berlin on October 30, 2025, where he appeared as a speaker at a public propaganda event, prompting the Foundation’s urgent appeal for German authorities to intervene.
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Videos and public statements cited in the complaint show Federman boasting of abusing Palestinian detainees.
In one widely circulated interview, he described taking his dog “to Gaza as a fighter,” claiming that the animal “dealt with Palestinian prisoners” at the Sde Teiman detention facility, where human rights organizations, including B’Tselem, have documented systematic torture and sexual violence.
The Foundation noted that his remarks, made in a public setting and met with laughter, illustrate the normalization of torture within the military-settler culture he represents. Such acts constitute crimes against humanity under §7(1) Nos. 5 and 6 VStGB, which criminalize torture and sexual violence.
The complaint also highlights Federman’s role in the obstruction of humanitarian aid. As a leading member of Tsav 9, a far-right Israeli group sanctioned by the United States in 2024, he is shown in multiple videos and social media posts encouraging and personally participating in the blocking of convoys carrying food and medicine to Gaza.
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According to the Foundation, these actions amount to the deliberate starvation of civilians, a war crime under §11(1) No. 5 VStGB. The filing cites UN reports confirming that hundreds of Palestinians, including children, have died from hunger in 2025 as a result of the blockade and obstruction of humanitarian relief.
Under Germany’s principle of universal jurisdiction, war crimes and crimes against humanity may be prosecuted regardless of the perpetrator’s nationality or where the crimes occurred.
The Hind Rajab Foundation has therefore urged the German Federal Prosecutor to open a criminal investigation into Federman, order his pre-trial detention to prevent flight, and issue a European Arrest Warrant to ensure his apprehension within EU territory.
“The deliberate starvation of an entire population and the torture of prisoners are among the gravest crimes known to humanity,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, Director of the Hind Rajab Foundation. “Elkana Federman’s conduct, proudly displayed online and tolerated within Israeli society, embodies the cruelty and impunity that have defined this genocide. Germany has both the legal authority and the moral duty to act.”
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The filing follows previous complaints by the Foundation against Israeli officers and soldiers, including a case involving IDF officer Shimon Avi Zuckerman. However, the case against Federman is seen as particularly significant, given his affiliation with Tsav 9, already designated by the United States as a violent and extremist organization.
The Foundation argues that a decisive response from Germany would affirm its commitment to international law, human rights, and accountability, proving that justice applies equally, regardless of political sensitivities or alliances.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
Germans are Nazis. They must have a “Jew”. But their “Holocaust” haunts them. What to do? Germans have selected Palestinians as the new “Jew”. “Israelis” (Zionists) have also selected Palestinians as the new “Jew”. Appalling slavish behavior towards “Israel” allows Germans to be Nazis – and “Israelis”, both – and blood wash their hands of “the past”. Germany is a sick dying country. The EU is dead.