During the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, reports and court filings alleged that weapons of Israeli origin were transferred to Serbian forces.
In 2016, Israeli human rights attorney Eitay Mack filed petitions in Israeli courts requesting the declassification of documents related to alleged Israeli arms exports to Serbia during the conflict.
The petitions sought information concerning export licenses and government approvals for weapons sales during the period of the Bosnian War, including the time of the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense opposed disclosure, citing national security and foreign relations concerns. Israeli courts rejected requests to make the documents public.
The Government of Israel has not publicly confirmed specific details regarding arms transfers to Serbian forces during the conflict.
The Bosnian War resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths, and in July 1995 more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed in Srebrenica by Bosnian Serb forces, an event later classified as genocide by international courts.
