The Biden administration is accusing at least five Israel Defense Force (IDF) units of “gross violations of human rights” before Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, the State Department has announced.
In an April 29 press briefing, the State Department’s principal deputy spokesman, Vedant Patel, revealed that all the alleged violations occurred on the West Bank and predate the current war being fought between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip.
“What I can say, in terms of where the process is right now, is that after a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights,” he said.
“Four of these units have effectively remediated these violations, which is what we expect partners to do. For a remaining unit, we continue to be in consultations and engagements with the Government of Israel; they have submitted additional information as it pertains to that unit.”
According to Mr. Patel, “the remediation standard is consistent and it is the same for all countries.”
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Biden Admin Accuses Israeli Military of ‘Gross Abuses of Human Rights’ Pre-Oct 7
- by: Stephen Katte
- 2024-04-29
- Source:
The Epoch Times
- 04/30/2024
