Despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in January 2024 that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza, at least 51 countries continued to supply military-related goods to Israel, according to a six-month Al Jazeera investigation. Based on Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) import data, the investigation found that 2,603 consignments of military-related goods entered Israel between October 2023 and October 2025.
The total value of these imports was 3.22 billion shekels ($885.6 million), with 91% recorded after the ICJ ruling. In comparison, military-related imports in the 20 months before the war totaled 1.41 billion shekels ($388.1 million). The data suggests Israel increased its reliance on foreign weapons supplies to sustain its military offensive in Gaza.
The top five suppliers were the United States (42%), India (26%), Romania (8%), Taiwan (4%), and the Czech Republic (3%). All are signatories to the Genocide Convention. Legal scholars say governments that continued to arm Israel after the ICJ ruling could be complicit in genocide. Stephen Humphreys, professor of international law at the London School of Economics, told Al Jazeera that even before the ruling, there was “ample evidence that countries arming Israel may be complicit in international crimes, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
The flow of weapons did not stop even after a ceasefire took effect in October 2025. In the final two months of 2025, Israel received an additional 324.9 million shekels ($89.4 million) in military-related imports. Gerhard Kemp, professor of criminal law at the University of the West of England, said Gaza remains the subject of an ongoing genocidal campaign, and the ceasefire did not change this.
Al Jazeera’s analysis focused on customs codes beginning with “93” (arms and ammunition) and code 87100000 (tanks and armored vehicles). While the data does not provide a complete picture of all arms transfers, it offers an unusually detailed view of weapons-related imports during the war. The investigation also obtained Indian customs export documents showing shipments of weapons components to Israeli defense companies, including Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and IMI Systems.
Source: www.aljazeera.com