War crimes

Syria’s post-Assad gov't faces a defining test of accountability over chemical weapons - analysis

According to SANA, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani announced that Syria is beginning “a new phase” in dealing with the country’s chemical weapons legacy.

 Images of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, are riddled with bullet holes as fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the damage at a military site, in Damascus on December 14, 2024.
IDF soldiers are seen traversing northern Gaza rubble during Operation Brave Heart, the operation to rescue the body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.

What does IDF's first war crimes report mean for Israel's global accountability? - analysis

 Activists with the group Standing Together hold a silent protest at the University of Haifa in April 2025.

Half of faculty at Israeli universities signed petitions accusing IDF of Gaza war crimes - study

ISRAELI SOLDIERS look toward the northern Gaza Strip from an observation point near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, April 21, 2026.

Israel must investigate itself: IDF accountability strengthens the country - editorial


Dozens of complaints, zero prosecutions: Hind Rajab fails to prosecute IDF soldiers analysis

In some cases, like with the most recent petition in India on Tuesday, HRF targets soldiers while they are traveling.

Israeli passport.

Hind Rajab Foundation files war crimes complaint in India against anonymous Israeli traveler

The pro-Palestinian organization claims that the Israeli is a reservist who was involved during his service in the Gaza Strip in the "unlawful destruction of civilian property" in Khan Yunis.

Hind Rajab Foundation footage of IDF soldiers posing in Gaza used to file lawsuits for alleged war crimes; Illustrative.

Pay-for-slay: Could the Palestinian Authority be held legally liable for October 7?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: Thousands of plaintiffs are taking the PA to court, arguing that its financial and employment policies toward convicted terrorists create a link to the Hamas massacre.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas. Thousands of October 7 victims and their families are seeking to hold the PA civilly liable, arguing that its long-standing prisoner payment and employment policies helped sustain terrorists who return to violence.

Global coalition of orgs launch ‘Gaza GenoLIE’ initiative to counter ‘modern blood libel’

Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism, said: “Calling Israel’s defensive war against Hamas a ‘genocide’ is not activism; it is a modern blood libel dressed up in academic language.”

Gaza GenoLIE logo.

Over 8,000 plaintiffs seek to hold PA liable for October 7 massacre, war damages

The Jerusalem District Court set Sunday as the deadline for arguments as a new study links the PA prisoner-payment system to senior Hamas figures involved in the massacre.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

White phosphorus leak reported inside US airbase in South Korea, safety ministry says

No casualties were reported, and the evacuation notice for residents was lifted after about half an hour, as South Korean fire authorities and US forces carried out decontamination work.

The Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) detonates an unexploded ordnance, as it was impossible to be transported, in Sahlabad village on November 4, 2020 near Tartar, Azerbaijan. ANAMA representatives alleged the ordnance was a type of artillery shell containing white phosphorus.

ICC ends war crimes case against former Darfur rebel leader Abdallah Banda

The prosecution said the evidence against Banda had deteriorated over time since the charges were confirmed over a decade ago in 2011.

Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain, suspected of having committed war crimes in Darfur, Sudan arrived voluntarily this morning at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, on June 17, 2010.

Israel 'fallen short' of UK military standards in Gaza, new British defense chief says

When asked to address his previous comments that “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes,” Streeting told journalists, “I’m not going to pretend I didn’t make those comments.”

Britain's Defence Secretary Wes Streeting speaks at Farnborough International Airshow on July 22, 2026 in Farnborough, United Kingdom.

Metropolitan police reopen war crimes probe against four British IDF veterans - report

The Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) submitted a 240-page referral in August 2025.

WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES’ COURT where judge Paul Goldspring ruled on April 8 that the ICJP’s application was ‘fundamentally misconceived in law,’ as the Foreign Enlistment Act does not apply to dual nationals, and therefore does not apply to Soldier A.

Rollout of IDF alleged Gaza war crimes probe delayed again, source of delay unclear - exclusive

The source for the delay is unclear, but it appears to be based on pressure from outside the IDF legal division, and possibly outside the IDF itself.

IDF MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL Maj.-Gen. Itay Offir seen speaking at the Israel Bar Association's annual conference in Eilat, May 2026.