Hind Rajab Foundation accuses Efi Rubenstein of involvement in attacks on civilian infrastructure in Gaza and calls on US Justice Department to open a criminal investigation.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has requested that the United States Department of Justice immediately prosecute dual US-Israeli national Efi Rubenstein for war crimes and acts of genocide committed across Gaza, human rights advocates announced.
The formal legal complaint states that Rubenstein served in the Vampire Empire Company of the 52nd Battalion within Israel's 401st Brigade.
The same company was implicated in the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, her family members, and two paramedics dispatched to rescue them in Gaza City on January 29, 2024.
According to the dossier, Rubenstein participated in the systematic demolition of commercial and residential blocks in Gaza City's Palestine Square and Rimal neighbourhood, the prolonged siege and destruction of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, attacks on Rafah City and its border crossing, and the destruction of a mosque.
Acts of genocidal intent
HRF submitted that targeted sites constituted protected civilian infrastructure lacking valid military necessity.
The foundation noted the raid on Al-Shifa crippled essential healthcare and displaced thousands sheltering inside, whilst the seizure of the Rafah Crossing severed vital aid and medical evacuation routes.
The complaint cited Rubenstein's social media posts as evidence of genocidal intent, highlighting one statement reading: "In the place where the vilest murderers of human history left, nothing will remain."
"Mr. Rubenstein may not have participated in the murder directly, but by participating in numerous other crimes along with Hind's killers, he was a part of the overall culture of impunity," said Jake Romm, HRF's US representative.
HRF's Head of Litigation, Natacha Bracq, added that Rubenstein "extensively chronicled his own participation in the genocide, posting dozens of photo albums and stories from inside a destroyed Gaza."
The submission urges the Department of Justice to open an immediate criminal inquiry under US federal war crimes and genocide statutes (18 U.S.C. §2441 and §1091), issue an arrest warrant, take Rubenstein into custody, and alert border agencies to prevent flight.
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