Polish-Palestinian survivors take Israeli leaders to court over Gaza genocide
Amjad Agha, a father of two, and Ahmed Elsaftawy, another Palestinian-Polish survivor who escaped Gaza, walked into the district prosecutor's office in Wroclaw, southern Poland, on Monday to file a criminal complaint accusing senior Israeli officials of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.
Among those named in the complaint are former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and his successor, Israel Katz; the former and current chiefs of staff of the Israeli army; the commander of the Israeli Navy; the minister of energy and water; and the current and former heads of the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, the body that controls humanitarian access to Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
It is one of the first cases of its kind in Europe brought by named survivors with dual citizenship.
Lawyers say the case is designed to test whether Polish prosecutors will treat international crimes against their own nationals with the seriousness the law demands.
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz speaks after his meeting with his Greek counterpart in Athens on 20 January 2026 (Aggelos Nakkas/AFP)