Australian Border Force questions three people suspected of travelling to join Israeli army

The government must provide ‘more robust advice’ for Australians in the IDF who may be at risk of being implicated in international crimes, Palestine advocate Nasser Mashni says. Photograph: Víctor R Caivano/AP

The Australian Border Force has “intervened” at the border to ask further questions of at least three Australians suspected of planning to travel to Israel to serve in the country’s military.

The government is also warning Australians who seek to serve with the armed forces of a foreign country “to carefully consider their legal obligations and ensure their conduct does not constitute a criminal offence”.