Ghost Unit (Israel Defense Forces)

In the early stages of the Gaza War, members of the Ghost Unit served in Gaza. == Members ==

• Daniel Raab, an American and Israeli national from Chicago. • Alon Ben Sira, a dual Belgian and Israeli national from Uccle • Sasha Aknin, a dual French and Israeli national • Gabriel Ben Haim, a dual French and Israeli national • Aaron Bayhack, a South African national == Investigations ==

In October 2024, independent Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi posted a 38-minute documentary on the IDF's Ghost Units investigating the killing of unarmed civilians in Gaza. On October 28, 2024, South African Police Hawks' Crimes Against the State Unit announced an investigation into Ghost Unit member Aaron Bayhack, identified in investigative journalist Younis Tirawi's documentary. Vuyolwethu Zungula, a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa, subsequently referenced Bayhack's involvement in the Gaza War within a question to the Minister of Home Affairs, inquiring as to the status of Bayhack's South African citizenship and his alleged violation of the section 3(1) of the Prohibition of Mercenary Activities and Regulation of Certain Activities in Country of Armed Conflict Act, Act No. 27 of 2006 by serving in the Israeli army. On September 11, 2025, the Council on American‑Islamic Relations (CAIR‑Chicago) issued a statement demanding the US Department of Justice open a criminal investigation under the War Crimes Act against Ghost Unit member Daniel Raab. On October 15, 2025, the Center for International Policy published an article by Abdelhalim Abdelrahman calling for the Ghost Unit to be "subject to rigorous Leahy Law vetting". == Criminal complaints ==

On July 1, 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) filed a civil complaint before the War Crimes Unit of the Paris Tribunal against French-Israeli soldiers Sasha A. and Gabriel B. On July 28, 2025, the StraLi, an Italian civil society organization, announced it had filed a complaints against an Israeli-Italian citizen in the Ghost Unit. == References ==