Elisha Livman fled after the Belgian Hind Rajab Foundation released video footage showing him participating in criminal operations in Gaza.
The Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Monday that an officer in the Israeli occupation army was forced to flee Cyprus, where he was on a tourist trip with his wife, to avoid potential legal action.
“On the advice of Israel’s Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice, a reserve officer who served in Gaza was compelled to leave Cyprus over the weekend due to concerns that pro-Palestinian organizations might seek his arrest on charges of war crimes, the report said.
The officer, identified as Elisha Livman (just E.L. in Yedioth Ahronoth), reportedly fled after the Belgian Hind Rajab Foundation released video footage showing him participating in criminal operations in the Gaza Strip.
“During his reserve service in Gaza, the officer (…) uploaded multiple videos of himself to social media,” Yedioth Ahronoth said, adding that Livman also announced that he was traveling to Cyprus along with his wife.
“This prompted pro-Palestinian organizations (…) movement, to take action,” the report said.
🚨🚨 HRF War Criminal Alert:
The #HindRajabFoundation has filed a complaint with Cypriot authorities against IDF Lt. Elisha Livman, accused of war crimes and genocidal intent in Gaza. HRF demands his detention and investigation.
More info:https://t.co/wB3IVGlm1u pic.twitter.com/dJCJ8Lsl3b— The Hind Rajab Foundation (@HindRFoundation) November 15, 2024
In one clip, Livman is heard saying, “We will not stop until we burn all of Gaza.”
According to the report, Livman received an urgent call from the Israeli Foreign Ministry, which had coordinated with the Ministry of Justice.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with the Ministry of Justice and the Israeli Embassy in Cyprus, contacted the officer to warn him of the growing risk,” according to Yedioth Ahronoth.
The ministries advised him to leave Cyprus immediately to avoid prosecution on charges of war crimes and genocide.
“The Hind Rajab Foundation later posted a tweet suggesting that Cypriot authorities had officially opened an investigation and passed it on to their legal team,” according to the Israeli paper.
The Hind Rajab Foundation stated on its website that its complaint against Livman included evidence of him setting fire to civilian property in Gaza, pointing to destroyed homes, and discussing the forced displacement of Palestinians while promoting settlement activities.
The foundation also highlighted Livman’s social media activity during his visit to Cyprus, where he allegedly incited violence against a Lebanese restaurant.
The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed complaints against 1,000 Israeli soldiers with the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing them of genocide in Gaza as well as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
⚡️🇮🇱BREAKING:
Last weekend, a legal complaint by Hind Rajab Foundation led to the detention of an Israeli officer Elisha Leifman for 24 hours in Cyprus on allegations of war crimes in Gaza.
The officer was swiftly returned to Israel on Saturday after intervention by the… pic.twitter.com/adw6QoPYoX
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) November 18, 2024
Ongoing Genocide
Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.
Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 43,922 Palestinians have been killed, and 103,898 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7, 2023.
Moreover, at least 11,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
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Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day by ‘friendly fire’.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli war has resulted in an acute famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the death of many Palestinians, mostly children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
Later in the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began moving from the south to central Gaza in a constant search for safety.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
You are still ending reports with the claim that the current displacement of Palestinians is the biggest ‘since the 1948 Naqba’. How come 700,000 – 800,000 is a greater number than ‘nearly 2 million’? No, this is the worst ever, being done now.