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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Palestinians sue State Department over US assistance to Israel’s military

Israeli soldiers operate in a location given as the occupied Golan Heights in Syria in this handout picture released on December 11, 2024 [Handout/Israeli army via Reuters]

Five Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and the United States are suing the US government to try to cut off American assistance to the Israeli military over its involvement in serious human rights abuses.

The lawsuit, announced on Tuesday, accuses the Department of State of failing to implement a federal law that prohibits the transfer of funds to foreign military units engaged in gross violations such as extrajudicial killings and torture.

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