The Global 195 has submitted official notices this week to authorities in Greece and the Netherlands, calling for the arrest of Israeli soldiers suspected of involvement in war crimes during Israel's genocide in Gaza.
The group, launched by the UK-based International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), filed a request to Lieutenant General Dimitrios Maliaos, Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, to urgently arrest an Israeli soldier currently in Greece.
It also filed photographic and written evidence detailing his combat record, which is believed to include service in the Spearhead Company of the Israeli army’s 13th Battalion, Golani Brigade. The soldier's last known location was reportedly the Corinth Canal in southern Greece.
The 13th Battalion, in which he is believed to have served, was deployed to northern Gaza after Israel's ground invasion began in October 2023 and took part in battles in Shujaiya, al-Bureij, and al-Maghazi.
According to reports, the battalion raided government buildings in Gaza, including the parliament and military police headquarters, and was stationed in Shujaiya between early and mid-December 2023.
Separately, geotagged photographs from April 2024 show the identified soldier in Khan Younis and inside a Palestinian home in Gaza City.
Global 195 urged Greek police to detain the individual in accordance with Greek law and in line with Greece's international obligations under the Rome Statute.
Greece has also been a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide since 1954, which requires it to effectively prosecute and punish perpetrators of such crimes, the group's legal team said.
Complaint in the Netherlands
In a separate complaint last week, Global 195 submitted an official notice to Dutch police concerning two Israeli soldiers suspected of war crimes in Gaza.
"We have reason to believe these two individuals are currently within Dutch jurisdiction, with their last known location in Amsterdam, and local police must investigate and arrest them without delay," the filing stated.
The group said it had provided Dutch police with a file containing photographic and written evidence detailing the pair's combat records.
They reportedly served in the 420th and 890th Battalions. The 420th Battalion, also known as "Iron Trails", is part of the 646th Brigade of the Israeli army's 99th (Reserve) Division.
Evidence in the file indicates that after training at a military base, which Israeli soldiers colloquially call "Mini Gaza", they were deployed to the occupied West Bank, specifically Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm and near Jenin.
After four months in the West Bank, the 420th Battalion was deployed to Khan Younis, Gaza. One of the soldiers appears in a 15 February 2024 post with other troops holding the 890th Battalion flag, captioned "Exit" and "The end of Gaza".
Global 195 urged Dutch police to detain the soldiers in line with the Netherlands' obligations under the Rome Statute and Article 2 of the International Crimes Act (2003), and to open a formal investigation into their potential role in war crimes, including violations of the laws and customs of war and crimes against humanity.
The group said that, given the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued arrest warrants for senior Israeli political and military figures, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, it was likely that military personnel took part in acts forming the basis of the ICC warrants and could therefore be held criminally liable for their actions.
Launched in March, the Global 195 is a worldwide legal coalition that seeks to hold accountable Israeli citizens and dual nationals involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories. The initiative is part of a global accountability network using domestic and international legal mechanisms to pursue suspects worldwide.
The group targets Israeli army veterans as well as figures at all levels of military and political leadership, from top policymakers to operational staff, deemed directly or indirectly responsible for violations of international humanitarian law.