Data reveals the extensive role of dual-citizenship soldiers in Israel’s war on Gaza and apartheid in the occupied West Bank

The Israeli military has published official data for the first time detailing how many of its soldiers hold foreign citizenship alongside Israeli nationality, revealing a large presence of dual-national personnel within its ranks.

Figures obtained by Declassified through a freedom of information request made in March 2025 and filed by the NGO Hatzlacha show that 50,632 serving soldiers hold at least one additional citizenship.

Personnel carrying passports from the United States, France, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Ukraine form the largest groups, accounting for most of the total.

The data indicate that 12,135 soldiers hold US citizenship, making Americans the largest single category.

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