The key facts

  • TAAG activists submitted to the ICC sworn testimony from doctors, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower statements, and documents on US support for Israel
  • Francesca Albanese said there is a lack of
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The Filing in The Hague

Members of the public organization Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG), together with international human rights lawyers, on Wednesday formally petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate the actions of US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other senior American officials. They are accused of

Materials Submitted to the Prosecutor

According to TAAG, sworn testimony from doctors who worked in Gaza, eyewitness accounts, whistleblower statements, video materials, and documents on US military, financial, diplomatic, and political support for Israel were submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor in The Hague. Among the evidence presented were the testimony of American trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa, who worked in Gaza twice, and David McIntosh, a former manager of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The delegation stated:

Reaction and the US Position

After the filing, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, spoke at a press conference in The Hague.

Context

According to figures cited in the activists' filing, since October 2023 Israel's war in Gaza has killed more than 74,600 Palestinians, nearly 176,000 have been wounded — mostly women and children — and 90% of the territory's infrastructure has been destroyed. These figures are provided by the organization that filed the petition and are not an assessment by the court itself.