BERLIN, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Germany has authorized over

$100 million in military exports to Israel in the last three

months, foreign ministry data showed on Thursday, coinciding

with the latest legal challenge by human rights groups concerned

about the potential use of these weapons in the Gaza war.

Germany has approved 94,052,394 euros ($101.61 million) in

arms exports to Israel since August 2024, according to a

government response to a parliamentary inquiry by left-wing

lawmaker Sevim Dagdelen.

The new permits followed a significant drop in arms exports

to Israel in the first half of the year.

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights

(ECCHR) said on Thursday it had filed an appeal at the Frankfurt

Administrative Court on behalf of a Gaza resident, seeking to

halt further arms exports.

The appeal says German weapons are contributing to civilian

harm in Gaza. The plaintiff, a Gaza resident who lost his wife

and daughter in Israeli airstrikes, says ongoing arms shipments

place his life and the lives of others in danger, calling on

Germany to stop facilitating these transfers.

The action aimed at Germany's Federal Office of Economics

and Export Control (BAFA), the German government responsible for

such approval, focuses on Germany's approval of military exports

that could be used in the conflict, the ECCHR said, including

tank parts from German defence firm Renk Group AG ( RNKGF ),

which supplies components for Israel's Merkava tanks.

Renk Group AG ( RNKGF ) was not immediately available for comment on

the case.

Germany's economy ministry was not immediately available for

comment on the new case. The government has previously said it

examines each arms export individually and takes a number of

factors into account, including human rights and humanitarian

law.

The ECCHR says Germany's exports violate international law,

citing the Arms Trade Treaty, which prohibits arms transfers if

there is a significant risk they will be used to commit war

crimes.

Earlier this month, German Foreign Minister Annalena

Baerbock stated that Berlin was awaiting a formal assurance from

Israel that German-supplied military equipment would be used in

compliance with international humanitarian law.

Legal challenges across Europe have also led other allies of

Israel to pause or suspend arms exports but no case challenging

German arms exports to Israel has yet succeeded.

Nearly 43,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's

year-old military offensive, according to Gaza health officials.

Israel's campaign was triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023 attack

by militant group Hamas in which some 1,200 people were killed

and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.

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