Ezra Yachin
95-year-old Israeli army reservist and veteran of the Deir Yasin massacre during the 1948 Nakba
Yachin, as an Israeli army reservist, directly participated in the killing of members of the group and supported similar acts, advocated the imposition of living conditions that would lead to the physical destruction of the Palestinian people, promoted systematic policies of persecution against identifiable groups, and legitimized deliberate attacks against the civilian population, in violation of the obligations to protect civilians and respect for fundamental human rights during armed conflict.
“Be triumphant and finish them off and don’t leave anyone behind. Erase the memory of them. Erase them, their families, mothers and children. These animals can no longer live. Every Jew with a weapon should go out and kill them. If you have an Arab neighbour, don’t wait; go to his home and shoot him. We want to invade, not like before; we want to enter and destroy what’s in front of us, and destroy houses, then destroy the one after it. With all of our forces, complete destruction, enter and destroy. As you can see, we will witness things we’ve never dreamed of. Let them drop bombs on them and erase them”
11.10.2023 - Ezra Yachin
March 18, 2025, Gaza City-Gaza (AA - Dawoud Abo Alkas)
Crimes under Rome Statute
Article 6, 1-a:Killing members of the group
Article 6, 1-c:Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions oflife calculated to bring about its physical destruction
Article 7, 1-h:Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious grounds”
Article 8, 2-b (i):Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population
March 18, 2025, Khan Younis-Gaza (AA - Abed Rahim Khatib)
The bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on central Gaza—carried out in violation of the ceasefire—were collected by grieving relatives from the morgue of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.