War crimes

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce

Trump, who has previously offered shifting timelines and objectives for the war, said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the war could escalate if Iran did not give in to Washington's terms.

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A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.
Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence inspect a damaged building after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 9, 2026.

Lebanese artist files war crimes complaint against Israel over death of parents in Beirut - report

Cherri, described by Deadline as "one of Lebanon’s best-known contemporary artists," has had his work featured in several prominent galleries, including the Guggenheim.

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A fireball errupts from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyyeh on March 13, 2026.

IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorists carrying rockets into south Lebanon weapons depot

The IDF warned that Hezbollah was making military use of ambulances and medical facilities, accusing the terror group of exploiting protected civilian infrastructure for operational purposes. 

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An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026.

International law and cluster munitions: The case of Israel and Iran - interview

Neither Israel nor Iran is a party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Thus, the case against Iran rests on whether their use violates the principles of distinction and proportionality.

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Israel's restrictions to Gaza aid may be war crime, says UN rights office

"Israel, as the occupying power, has an obligation to ensure the provision of food and medical care to the population commensurate with their needs," Turk said.

MARCH 19, 2024ByREUTERS
Volker Turk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses the Human Rights Council on his report on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, F

Is Israel ready for the next legal war crimes tidal wave? - analysis

Israel is facing the most daunting and critical period in decades as IDF lawyers are trying to balance both global and domestic pressures.

MARCH 18, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

How will ICJ genocide report, IDF chief lawyer letter impact war crimes debate? - analysis

Though only an interim report, this will be even more comprehensive than the ICJ report coming out this week. 

FEBRUARY 25, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters pose for a photo in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, last Friday. ‘The ICJ has handed Israel, however unintentional it may be, a golden public relations ticket that it so desperately needs,’ the writer argues.

Biden admin. investigating potential Israel war crimes despite claiming the opposite - report

These investigations have been reportedly ongoing for months, with the State Department scrutinizing Israeli actions through various channels, including assessing potential human rights abuses.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
John Kirby, White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, US, November 27, 2023.

IDF to produce interim reports on war crimes probes

IDF lawyers stuck between opposing global, domestic pressures

FEBRUARY 12, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Israeli soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024

Why are Britain's police asking the public for anti-Israel war crime accusations?

This campaign by the Met is an open invitation to all and sundry – and especially those dedicated to delegitimizing Israel – to flood the police with antisemitic and anti-Israel bile.

FEBRUARY 10, 2024ByNEVILLE TELLER
 People attend the We Stand With Israel rally to express solidarity with the Jewish state, marking the 100th day since the October 7 attack by Hamas, London’s Trafalgar Square, January 14.

UN experts: Undercover Israeli killings in West Bank hospital may be war crimes

Israel’s military was not immediately available for comment on their statement.

FEBRUARY 9, 2024ByREUTERS
Israeli commandos, dressed as doctors, foil terror attack in Jenin hospital on January 30, 2024

Residents say Ethiopian soldiers kill more than 50 civilians in Amhara town

The Amhara conflict broke out less than a year after the government reached a peace deal in November 2022 to end a two-year civil war in the neighboring Tigray region that killed tens of thousands.

FEBRUARY 3, 2024ByREUTERS
Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force are seen during a pro-government rally to denounce what the organisers say is the TPLF and the Western countries' interference in internal affairs of the country, at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2021.

Expulsion is a war crime, not ‘the solution’ - opinion

A lot of ideas went out the door on October 7, but human rights can’t be one of them.

DECEMBER 28, 2023ByLEON KRAIEM
The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

Israel accuses UN-OHCHR of blood libel over war crimes claims

Israel accused the UN of sharing unverified and unsubstantiated claims which Israel claims is tantamount to blood libel.

DECEMBER 22, 2023ByYUVAL BARNEA
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023