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


Mamdani: Suffering did not begin, end on October 7, continued throughout Israel's 'Gaza genocide'

Mayor Zohran Mamdani mourned those killed and abducted on October 7 while accusing Israel of genocide, apartheid, and war crimes during the Israel-Hamas War and the Gaza ceasefire.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, pictured in New York City, US, October 3, 2026; illustrative.

Mamdani calls Netanyahu 'architect of horrific genocide,' calls for US to join ICC, enforce warrant

Mamdani made the remarks in an extensive interview on the American podcast This Past Weekend, hosted by Theo Von, a well known comedian and podcaster who regularly interviews public figures.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the 'This Past Weekend' podcast with comedian Theo Von, October 1, 2026.

The Thaci verdict exposes the West’s unresolved Kosovo double standard - opinion

Serbia seeks nothing other than equal treatment and for what happened during the conflict in Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) to be called by its proper name.

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, who resigned and was taken into custody of a war crimes tribunal, appears for the first time before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, Netherlands November 9, 2020.

Genocide, apartheid, war crimes: What these claims against Israel mean - opinion

What I have witnessed does not resemble genocide, apartheid, war crimes, or a disproportionate response. It resembles the opposite: a democracy fighting, under enormous restraint, against an enemy.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.

Israeli, Jewish protesters rally against NYC 'NAZA' screening, display October 7 massacre footage

Screens displayed documented material contradicting claims made in the film, as well as questions regarding its sources, methodology, and production

The Israeli-American Council in New York in a campaign ahead of the first screening of the film NAZA in the city, September 27, 2026.

French-Lebanese man accuses Israel of war crimes over theft of uprooted olive trees - report

The 37-year-old entrepreneur, born in Lebanon, filed the complaint as a civil party over alleged theft, destruction, and damage to property that he says constitute war crimes or other offenses.

A farmer carries harvested olives in the southern Lebanese village of Kfeir on November 15, 2024. (Illustrative)

UN probe finds Iran committed crimes against humanity in crackdown, cites US and Israel for strikes

The mission concluded that the suppression “went beyond a simple continuation of familiar patterns and represented a marked escalation in the use of lethal force and mass arrests.”

UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (3rd L) delivers his speech during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026.

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.

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

Thaci was convicted over the killing of 96 people, as well as the illegal detention of 385 people and torture of 303 during Kosovo’s 1990s conflict with Serbia.

People pass near a banner depicting former Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci and former parliament speaker Kadri Veseli, in Skenderaj, Kosovo September 15, 2026.

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

“Not only are [cluster munitions] inherently indiscriminate, but unexploded submunitions can kill and injure civilians long after hostilities conclude.”

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