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.

|ByREUTERS
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.

|ByTZVI JASPER
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. 

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL, SAM HALPERN
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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Israel is not guilty of genocide in Gaza - opinion

Tens of thousands of Gazans have died in Israel's retaliatory war against Hamas, but the war was launched in response to Hamas's October 7 attack.

JULY 22, 2025BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
AN IDF vehicle crosses the border back into Israel from Gaza last week. The war was not preplanned by Israel, nor was there ever any ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group,’ the writer notes.

Reservist org. to provide legal aid to two IDF soldiers arrested at Belgium music festival

Two soldiers were arrested by Belgian authorities following a complaint filed by the Hind Rajab Foundation, an anti-Israel legal organization pursuing legal action against IDF soldiers.

JULY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Reserve soldiers of the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip on June 26, 2025.

Two IDF soldiers arrested in Belgium, investigated for war crimes accusations

The Hind Rajab Foundation said the two Israeli soldiers were visiting Belgium to participate in the Tomorrowland music festival.

JULY 21, 2025ByYOAV ETIEL, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis and Iranians meet at Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, holding both Israeli and Iranian flags.

Former PM Ehud Olmert calls Katz's humanitarian city plan a 'concentration camp'

Katz recently said that the Defense Ministry would build a new 'humanitarian city' in the Rafah area for at least 600,000 Palestinians.

JULY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2024.

RCMP: Israeli Canadians could be investigated for Gaza-based war crimes

The RCMP confirmed to The Jerusalem Report that it had launched a “structural investigation” into the Israel-Hamas conflict in early 2024 as part of its mandate to investigate war crimes.

JUNE 29, 2025ByGIL LEWINSKY
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters demonstrate outside the Liberal Party of Canada holiday party in Ottawa.

Knesset sanctions two MKs for accusing IDF of war crimes

The most severe sanction was issued against Hadash-Ta’al chairman MK Ayman Odeh, who is already facing impeachment in a separate procedure.

JUNE 23, 2025ByELIAV BREUER
The Knesset

Are Israelis facilitating an anti-Israel blood libel? - opinion

By assisting the libelous pro-jihadi gospels of a “genocide” and such, they lend a hand to nailing us all to a new cross of antisemitism.

JUNE 15, 2025ByYISRAEL MEDAD
MOSHE YA’ALON, who has held the positions of defense minister and IDF chief of staff, speaks during the Tel Aviv Conference at Tel Aviv University in May 2025.

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.

JUNE 9, 2025ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
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.

JUNE 3, 2025ByREUTERS
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.

JUNE 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.