US concludes that 5 Israeli battalions committed abuses before the war in Gaza

U.S concluded that five battalions of the Army of Israel committed human rights violations in operations that took place before October 7 in the West Bank occupied, the State Department reported on Monday.

Four of them took steps to “remedy” this situation, so that they are not subject to any sanctions, while a fifth battalion remains under review and U.S has not made a decision on the matter, explained the State Department’s deputy spokesperson, Patel seal.

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To the Israeli Armed Forces are subject to review because Leahy’s law prohibits the US Government from providing weapons and military support to foreign units against which there are credible allegations of human rights violations.

According to local media, Joe Biden’s administration is considering the possibility of sanctioning the Netzach Yehuda Battalioncomposed of ultra-Orthodox soldiers, for alleged human rights violations in West Bank.

“After a careful process, we found five Israeli battalions responsible for incidents that constituted serious human rights violations”, explained Patel, who clarified that all these cases occurred long before the attack of Hamas of October 7th and outside the Gaza strip.

According to the spokesperson, four of these units “effectively remedied these violations”, thus complying with the United States national security memorandum, which establishes that American weapons must be used without violating international humanitarian law.

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Regarding the fifth battalion, continued Patel, the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu provided additional information that the United States continues “reviewing“Before drinking”a final decision”.

CNN reported this Monday, citing internal sources, that the State Department is divided over whether Israel is using the weapons supplied by the United States correctly.

Source: Elcomercio

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