Provides heavy machinery to the Israeli military, which uses it illegally in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The Israeli military has used Bobcat skid steer loaders as part of its 2023-2025 genocidal war on Gaza. The military’s Combat Engineering Corps has been using remotely-controlled Bobcat loaders as part of its illegal policy of flattening entire residential neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip to render them unlivable, so that displaced Palestinians would not be able to return.
Similarly, the Israeli military used Bobcat loaders as part of its large-scale attacks on three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January-March 2025 (Operation “Iron Wall”). A remote-controlled Bobcat loader was documented in Jenin, working alongside other military heavy machinery. By mid-March, these attacks have killed almost 70 Palestinians and forcibly displaced more than 40,000.
The Israeli military has been using Bobcat-based remotely-controlled and autonomous loaders at least since 2007. In 2014, Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled the Sahar, a Bobcat loader converted into an autonomous explosive ordnance disposal system. A newer version of the Sahar, unveiled in 2018, is no longer based on a Bobcat vehicle.
In the past, Bobcat loaders were also documented by Who Profits being used in construction and infrastructure projects in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as well as construction of the West Bank separation wall and military checkpoints.
The Israeli Police has six remote-controlled mini excavators based on the Bobcat 334, which it uses for explosive ordnance disposal.
Doosan Bobcat operates in the U.S. as Bobcat Company, headquartered in West Fargo, North Dakota. It is a subsidiary of Doosan Enerbility, which owns 46% of Doosan Bobcat. The ultimate parent company is Doosan Corp, which owns 30% of Doosan Enerbility.
Until 2021, Doosan made other heavy equipment that Israel uses in war crimes and human rights violations. Doosan sold this business to HD Hyundai.