{"id":347335,"date":"2025-11-01T06:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/347335\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T06:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:07:21","slug":"us-officials-idf-may-have-committed-hundreds-of-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/347335\/","title":{"rendered":"US officials: IDF may have committed hundreds of rights violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">A classified report by the US State Department\u2019s Office of Inspector General has identified \u201cmany hundreds\u201d of potential violations of American human rights law by Israeli military units operating in Gaza, the Washington Post reported Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">According to two US officials who spoke with the newspaper, the scale of the findings would take the State Department \u201cmultiple years\u201d to review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">This marks the first time a US government watchdog has acknowledged the extent of Israeli actions in Gaza that fall under the Leahy Laws, named after former Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, which prohibit US security assistance to foreign military units credibly accused of gross human rights abuses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The report outlines a unique vetting protocol for Israel, known as the Israel Leahy Vetting Forum, which involves senior US officials and a consensus-based process. Unlike standard vetting &#8211; where a single objection can halt aid &#8211; Israel\u2019s review requires agreement among a working group that includes the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. The Israeli government is consulted before any recommendation to withhold aid is made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">While the Leahy Laws have not been used to deny Israel US funds in the past, in 2016, Senator Leahy and 10 other Democratic lawmakers <a class=\"\" album=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/news\/210092\" target=\"_blank\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">urged the State Department<\/a> to probe the IDF for possible \u201cgross violations of human rights\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The latest report was finalized just days before the October 10 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which included the release of Israeli hostages, a partial IDF withdrawal, and limited humanitarian aid into Gaza. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-2a4c3726=\"\" data-v-e580db1b-s=\"\">The inspector general\u2019s office confirmed the report\u2019s existence but declined to comment, citing its classified status. Neither the State Department nor the IDF responded to inquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A classified report by the US State Department\u2019s Office of Inspector General has identified \u201cmany hundreds\u201d of potential&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":347336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37002,4784,99,36709,50,29422,43324],"class_list":{"0":"post-347335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-gaza-region","9":"tag-idf","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-israel-us","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-swords-of-iron","14":"tag-us-state-department"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115472947230537192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}