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This list includes corporations and their documented involvement in the Gaza genocide and other war crimes.
On 20 June 2024, UN experts warned that continued arms transfers to Israel could amount to violations of international law and risk state and corporate complicity in potential genocide. [1] They called for an immediate halt to all direct and indirect weapons transfers to Israel, including by major arms manufacturers like BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Caterpillar.
| Company | Year established | Place of origin | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elbit Systems | 1966 | Haifa, Israel | Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, is a major supplier of arms and surveillance technology to the Israeli military. Its drones (Hermes and Skylark), MPR 500 bombs, and advanced targeting systems have been heavily used in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. [2] These systems, designed for urban warfare, were used in attacks like the 2024 airstrike in Habbarieh, Lebanon killing seven civilians [3] , and the World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack in Gaza [4] , both considered as potential war crimes. Elbit also played a key role in developing Israel's "smart" Gaza border wall. [5] On October 13, the Israeli military fired 120mm tank rounds at journalists in southern Lebanon, killing Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injuring six others. [6] |
| Lockheed Martin | 1995 | North Bethesda, Maryland, United States | Lockheed Martin produces and supplies the IAF with the F-35I, a special F-35 variant. [7] The F-35I has been used for airstrikes in Gaza and typically carries 2 GBU-31(V)1 JDAM bombs, [8] which have been dropped on hospitals. [9] F-35Is were also used in the strike on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, [10] which killed at least 19 people. [11] Lockheed Martin has highlighted the conflicts in Israel and Ukraine as potential opportunities for future revenue growth. [12] |
| General Dynamics | 1893 | Reston, Virginia, United States | General Dynamics manufactures Mark 84 bombs, 14,000 of which have been sent to Israel by the US and used as the primary 2,000-pound bombs. [13] They're the only company that produces the shells for the Mark 80 series of bombs. [14] The 2,000-pound bomb is extremely destructive and cannot be used in populated areas without causing major civilian casualties. Its blast kills instantly within 100 feet [15] and spreads lethal fragments up to 1,200 feet. Israel reportedly dropped over 500 such bombs on Northern Gaza by November 6 [16] , including a deadly strike on Jabalia refugee camp. [17] By mid-November, over 208 were dropped in Southern Gaza, even in areas designated as safe zones. Attacks on families in Deir al-Balah have been labeled by Amnesty International and the UN as potential war crimes. [18] General Dynamics CFO, Jason Aiken, said, “I think if you look at the incremental demand potential coming out of that [a] , the biggest one to highlight and that really sticks out is probably on the artillery side.” [20] |
| Israel Aerospace Industries | 1953 | Lod, Israel | Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a major state-owned weapons manufacturer, supplies key military systems to the Israeli military, including the Heron TP killer drone used in Gaza strikes and the Zibar tactical vehicle for elite units. [21] [22] On a Nov. 22 call with investors, IAI CEO, Boaz Levy, said that Heron drones have “played a pivotal role” in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, including in strike operations. [23] |
| Barclays | 1690 | London, United Kingdom | According to a 2024 report, Barclays has significantly increased its financial support to arms companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel, raising its involvement by 55% since 2021. The bank holds over £2 billion in shares and provides £6.1 billion in loans and underwriting to nine such companies, despite growing concerns over Israel’s plausible genocide in Gaza. Additionally, research from December 2023 shows Barclays is Europe’s sixth-largest creditor of firms operating in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. [24] |
| Amazon | 1994 | Bellevue, Washington, United States | Amazon provides AWS cloud computing services to the Israeli military through Project Nimbus. Amazon's servers are used to store surveillance intelligence on Gaza's population. They have also provided targeting information used in airstrikes that killed civilians. According to a +972 Magazine investigation, intelligence stored on AWS "was used in a number of cases to provide 'supplementary information' ahead of airstrikes against suspected military operatives, some of which killed many civilians." This information "even helped on rare occasions to confirm aerial assassination strikes in Gaza — strikes that would have also killed and harmed Palestinian civilians." [25] [26] |
| BAE Systems | 1999 | London, England | BAE Systems produces at least 15% of the components of the F-35I used by the IAF. [27] BAE also produces electronic missile launch systems and various components for Israel’s F-15, F-16, and F-35 fighter jets — aircraft that the Israeli Air Force has used extensively in all of its attacks on Gaza [28] |
