# US-Israeli former soldier on visit to Netherlands accused of Gaza war crimes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-israeli-former-soldier-on-visit-to-netherlands-accused-of-gaza-war-crimes/
- Published: 2026-11-07T07:43:42+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T08:23:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Middle East Eye (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-israeli-former-soldier-visit-netherlands-accused-gaza-war-crimes
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, World

## Key points

- HRF filed a Dutch criminal complaint against former soldier Noam Himmelman.
- The allegations concern events in Beit Hanoun during the Gaza war.
- The Dutch law allows prosecution of international crimes when suspects are in the country.

## Summary

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint in the Netherlands against Noam Himmelman, a former US-Israeli soldier now in Amsterdam. It alleges he was involved in war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide during Israel’s war on Gaza; the allegations have not been proven.

The complaint, submitted on 4 November under the Dutch International Crimes Act, concerns alleged attacks on schools sheltering displaced Palestinians, mass detentions and demolitions in Beit Hanoun. HRF says soldiers surrounded schools there on 16 April 2024 and detained men, including elderly people and teenagers, and that Himmelman documented arrests in a geolocated Instagram story. It also alleges that his battalion demolished residential buildings between January and July 2025.

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