War crimes

Who made Gaza hospitals and homes targets? - opinion

Hamas chose this war on October 7, then built its strategy around erasing the line the law of war exists to draw.

Palestinian women walk past buildings damaged during the war at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, March 31, 2026.
Graffiti depicting Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the directors of the documentary film NAZA, and the word "traitors" in Hebrew, on a wall in Ashdod Tuesday, September 15, 2026.

Crash-and-burn: Inside Israel’s self-defeating defense against ‘NAZA,’ BBC's war crimes allegations

Children use a flashlight as they go to play at the playground during a power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by Russian missile and drone attacks, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 14, 2026.

Russian-held town is a 'death trap' with starving residents, says Ukraine FM

Corporal Urban Mayo from Ontario, Canada, watches the warning under the double swastikas on the border of German in the Canadian sector of the Western Front a few month before the end of World War II, February 14, 1945

Canada declassifies report exposing US intelligence role in resettling Nazis after WWII


Iran used 'white phosphorus incendiary' in drone attack, Kurdish dissident group claims

“Based on eyewitness observations, medical examinations, and extensive fires caused at the targeted site, the munitions employed in the drone attack are believed to have contained white phosphorus."

Unexploded ordinance, an artillery shell containing white phosphorous, is detonate

Israel Katz's populist push to pardon Elor Azaria puts Israel at serious risk - comment

Azaria was not convicted of mere "negligent homicide", but of manslaughter for his actions in 2016.

Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who was caught on video shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant in the head as he lay on the ground, sits during a hearing at a military appeals court in Tel Aviv during which he was charged with manslaughter on April 18, 2016.

Iran targeted civilians as tactic of war, new report pushes IRGC accountability - interview

Adv. Uri Morad said that Iran’s missile campaign targeted civilians as a tactic of war, and argued that senior Iranian leaders should face legal action.

Rocket trails are seen in the sky amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya on March 23, 2026.

IDF probes soldiers after video shows blindfolded Palestinian tied to broomstick in Gaza

The video, which was reportedly filmed by IDF soldiers in Gaza, shows a Palestinian man who is blindfolded and tied to a broomstick with zip ties.

A still of the video reportedly taken by IDF soldiers in Gaza, seen on July 2, 2026.

HRF petitions Lithuanian court to investigate Israeli dental student for alleged Gaza war crimes

In its March complaint to Lithuanian authorities, the HRF claimed that S.G. served in the “Vampire Empire” company of the 52nd Battalion in the 401st Armored Brigade.

 The new Israeli "Barak" tank

Iran to pursue human rights cases against the US, will seize assets, judiciary chief announces

At the American Human Rights Week event, Ejei claimed that courts had already issued rulings against American officials “who have committed crimes against our people.”

IRAN'S JUDICIARY Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei (C) attends a gathering at the Imam Khomeini Mosque (Mosalla) to commemorate those killed in former wars and also those killed during the latest US-Israel led war, in Tehran on May 24, 2026.

‘I was low-hanging fruit’: IDF reservist targeted by UK legal group sees case collapse in court

LEGAL AFFAIRS: A British-Israeli reservist shares how an attempted prosecution was meant to create a legal precedent against Britons serving in the IDF, but ended in humiliation for the petitioners.

Pictured is an illustrative image of an IDF soldier.

New UN inquiry: Israel 'deliberately' killed Palestinian children, resulting in genocide

A UN-backed commission report accuses Israel of severe violations against Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, prompting a strong Israeli rebuttal.

 IDF soldiers seen operating in the northern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2025

Deadly Iran attacks on Saudi, Bahrain civilian sites may be war crimes, Amnesty International says

At least 28 people were killed and hundreds were injured after Iran launched unprovoked attacks on GCC countries, though information on said attacks was largely restricted by those states.

Smoke rises above Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 5, 2026

It’s Dreyfus, not Eichmann: Israel is misreading the int'l case against it - opinion

Israel still seems not to grasp that the main battle is being fought not in Jerusalem but in The Hague.

Exterior view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.