Over 50 countries continued to arm Israel during genocide of Palestinians in Gaza: Report
Dozens of countries that ratified the Genocide
Convention still supplied arms to Israel even after the ICJ issued a
provisional ruling that Israel was likely committing genocide in Gaza
MAY 23, 2026
An Al-Jazeera investigation published on 23 May revealed that military-grade
products from at least 51 countries and self-governing territories kept
entering Israel even after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a
provisional ruling over the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
In January 2024, the UN's top court ordered Israel to
take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. By then, Israel's brutal
bombing of Gaza had killed more than 26,000 Palestinians, most of them women
and children.
However, countries across the globe continued to
provide weapons and military assistance to the Israeli military, the Al-Jazeera report
found.
Using Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) import data, customs
records, and freedom of information requests, the Al-Jazeera investigation
found the military-related goods were shipped to Israel from countries across
Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, including from many that have
signed the genocide convention.
In some cases, the military supplies originated from
countries that had publicly imposed arms embargoes on Israel or had at least
partially suspended arms supplies to the country.
According to the ITA data, Israeli arms imports
increased after the ICJ ruling, in particular munitions imports.
The five biggest military suppliers to Israel—namely
the US, India, Romania, Taiwan, and the Czech Republic—all boosted their
shipments of military equipment to Tel Aviv following the ruling.
ITA data showed that 2,603 consignments of
military-related goods valued at $885 million were sent to Israel between
October 2023 and October 2025. Of those, $805 million worth came after the
January 2024 ruling.
The consignments included ammunition, explosive
munitions, weapons parts, and armored vehicle components.
According to Stephen Humphreys, professor of
international law at the London School of Economics, there was "ample
evidence that countries arming Israel may be complicit in international crimes,
including war crimes and crimes against humanity."
"The most recent 'ceasefire' did not change
this," stated Gerhard Kemp, a professor of criminal law at the University
of the West of England.
Since the ceasefire reached in October 2025, Israel
has continued killing Palestinian civilians in Gaza and creating conditions of
life that could destroy the group in whole or in part, Kemp said.
This indicates that states still have an obligation to
stop supporting Israel's war on Palestinians in Gaza, which has now killed at
least 72,000 people. Tens of thousands more remain buried under the rubble of
buildings Israel has bombed.
"Some states have a very narrow understanding of
the duty to prevent genocide and are waiting for a judicial determination that
there is a genocide in Gaza," Kemp said. “But the ICJ will likely take
several years to make such a determination. The better view is to look at
domestic legal obligations ... and international legal obligations and legal
tools triggered by available evidence.”
Though the ICJ has not issued its final ruling, the UN
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian
Territory published a report in September 2025 concluding that Israel
"committed a genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza."
The UN report asserts that "states are obliged to
take steps to ensure the prevention of conduct that may amount to an act of
genocide ... including the transfer of weapons that are used or likely to be
used by Israel to commit genocidal acts."
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