World · Middle East · 1 hr ago
Investigation identifies British man in Israeli army photo outside Gaza school
A film identifies British citizen Jonathan Burman posing outside a school in Gaza while serving in the Israeli army.
The school, Madrasa al-Farabi, is in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
Airwars traced the school and found it was not the one named in an Israeli military statement about an attack on a school in December 2023; that school was two kilometres away.
The Israeli military confirmed Burman served in its 55th Brigade, a reserve paratrooper unit.
The investigation says the available evidence warrants further investigation, not a finding of guilt for war crimes.
A member of the UN Commission of Inquiry said London’s Metropolitan Police war crimes unit should investigate Burman.
Burman did not respond to requests for comment, and the sources give no details of any investigation that may follow.
Declassified UK identified Jonathan Burman as a British man who served in the Israeli army and appeared in a photo outside a burning school in Gaza.
Airwars traced the school to Madrasa al-Farabi in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
The Israeli military said it had eliminated a terrorist cell in a school in December 2023, but Airwars found that was a different school two kilometres away.
The Israeli military confirmed Burman served in the 55th Brigade, an elite reserve unit of paratroopers.
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry member said the evidence warranted further investigation, while stressing it did not establish Burman’s guilt of war crimes.
- Who
- Jonathan Burman, a British man who served in the Israeli army.
- What
- An investigation identified him in a photo outside a burning school in Gaza.
- When
- Declassified UK published its film on Tuesday, 13 October 2026.
- Where
- Madrasa al-Farabi in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, Gaza.
- Why
- The investigation sought to uncover details behind a photo Burman had posted on a private Instagram account.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Israeli soldiers were reported to have attacked Madrasa al-Farabi.
Declassified UK published a film documenting its investigation into Burman.
- Name
- Jonathan Burman
- School
- Madrasa al-Farabi
- Location
- Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis, Gaza
- Israeli army unit
- 55th Brigade, an elite reserve unit of paratroopers
- Film publication
- 13 October 2026
What people are saying
Some of the people are really driven by crazy insane religious ideas
This [fighting in Gaza] was just an opportunity for them to kill as many Gazans as they can and kick them out and get their lands.
the evidence is sufficient
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