War crimes

Editor's Notes: We asked the IDF about two Gaza strikes. We’re still waiting

I believe the IDF is the most humane army in the world. We should challenge it with the fullest record we can provide, accepting that some of what we publish will be painful.

Journalist and director Rachel Szor and Israeli journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham attend the "Naza" Photocall during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 10, 2026 in Venice, Italy.
People pass near a banner depicting former Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci and former parliament speaker Kadri Veseli, in Skenderaj, Kosovo September 15, 2026.

Hashim Thaci convicted of murder, torture, and detention in Kosovo war crimes trial

Iranian ballistic cluster munitions are fired towards Tel Aviv on March 27, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Hezbollah’s use of cluster munitions against Israel may be war crime, HRW says in rare condemnation

 IDF troops operate within Syria in early March.

UN Syria commission warns Israeli military activity may amount to war crimes


Why international law is on Israel’s side in the Gaza conflict - opinion

Israel's war in Gaza is necessary to national survival, and its associated military actions impact Palestinian civilians because of Palestinian perfidy.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip on June 4, 2025.

German court sentences Syrian for war crimes committed while collaborating with Hezbollah

The Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart found the 33-year-old man guilty of leading a militia that carried out brutal attacks on Sunni Muslim civilians.

The Sayyida Zaynab shrine is visible through a window at a hotel used by Iranians under former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, in Damascus, Syria, December 14, 2024.

Israel ‘without a doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza, former Biden official claims

Miller shared that Western pressure on Israel, pushes for a Palestinian state, and pro-Palestinian protests likely led Hamas to hold out on a deal.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu confers with then-defense minister Yoav Gallant during a meeting with US President Joe Biden last year in Tel Aviv. Last week, Netanyahu celebrated Donald Trump’s victory after ridding himself of Yoav Gallant as defense minister, the writer notes.

Stockholm court indicts Swedish Islamic State member for serious war, terrorism crimes in Syria

Footage shows the suspect participating in a brutal execution, which included forcing a Jordanian pilot into a cage that was set on fire.

 An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Former PM Ehud Olmert says Israel is close to committing war crime in Gaza

"We are fighting Hamas murderers, we are not fighting innocent civilians, and this must be clear," said Olmert.

 Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv. August 8, 2024.

IDF major update on war crimes probes delayed for months - exclusive

The last significant update published by the IDF on its war crimes probes was in August 2024.

 Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024

British lawyers file war crimes complaint against 10 British citizens who served in IDF

Attorney Michael Mansfield and six other lawyers reportedly filed a 240-page report allegedly implicating the UK citizens dual-nationals in “involvement” in war crimes,

 IDF troops operating in northern Gaza, April 4, 2025.

The UN, not Israel, should be erased and rewritten - opinion

The United Nations has become a platform for delegitimizing Israel, contributing to a distorted view of reality.

 The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.

French Holocaust denier sentenced to prison for hate speech and war crime denial

Paris Criminal Court sentenced Vincent Reynouard to 12 months in prison for denying war crimes, inciting racial hatred, and spreading neo-Nazi propaganda.

 Vincent Reynouard poses during his appearance before the Saverne Criminal Court on September 27, 2007.

The UN has become a mouthpiece for terrorist apologists - editorial

If the UN truly cared about human rights, it would demand Hamas be held accountable – not fabricate charges against a democratic nation fighting for survival.

 Delegates at work at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.