War crimes

Australian former soldier gets bail on Afghanistan war crime charges

Police arrested and charged Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five counts of war crimes last week over the murder of five unarmed Afghan civilians between 2009 and 2012.

Former Australian Defence Force soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's parents, Len and Sue Roberts-Smith, leave the Downing Centre Courts after Ben Roberts-Smith was granted bail in Sydney, Australia, April 17, 2026.
A member of Iranian militia forces (Basij) attends an anti-Israeli march in Tehran, Iran, January 10, 2025.

Iran's war crimes: Behind the IRGC's recruitment of 12-year-olds - analysis

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

The moral barometer: Iran uses its people as live targets, as America values every life - opinion

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

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


IDF troops should refuse orders to commit war crimes, former NSC official tells BBC

Eran Etzion told the BBC that IDF soldiers should refuse illegal orders if they suspect the orders will cause war crimes.

 IDF soldiers raiding a 14-story-tall building in an UNRWA facility in the Gaza Strip filled with Hamas terrorists, October 22, 2024.

IDF probing around 300 possible war crimes incidents; total is double of prior reports

This was a significant update from May 27 when IDF Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi publicly announced that she had opened around 70 criminal probes to date.

 The IDF operating in the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2024

Australia says Israel did not deliberately kill foreign aid workers in Gaza

The IDF decided to launch missiles at the convoy after mistakenly believing it was being hijacked by Hamas fighters, who were, in fact, locally contracted security guards.

 A PERSON looks on at a charred vehicle where seven World Central Kitchen employees were killed in an airstrike in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip, last week.

How Israel can win the psychological war against satanic, idolatrous Hamas - opinion

Israel needs urgently to move beyond its good PR information activities in Arabic to full psychological warfare.

 A Palestinian flag that reads "Free Gaza from Hamas."

Nukhba terrorist murder suspect: 'The case blew up, suddenly they claimed he was a Gazan civilian'

The police are not expected to request further restrictions on the two suspects in the case, who were released last week under restrictive conditions.

 The damage caused to a public bomb shelter at the October 7 massacre, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, April 30, 2024.

Israel is 'special' – so the world is unfairly harsh on them - opinion

Global support for ending Israel’s occupation of any territory claimed by Palestinians will enable them to attack Israel without restraint.

 IDF soldiers operate in Khan Yunis, June 27, 2024.

ICC delays arrest warrants process against PM, Gallant

The decision permits UK, other countries to oppose the jurisdiction.

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

ICC convicts Mali Islamist for Timbuktu atrocities

Judges said Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz played a critical role in the Ansar Dine Islamist group, which took the city on the fringe of the Sahara desert in 2012 and tried to impose sharia Islamic law.

 International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters about the violence in Israel and Gaza in The Hague, Netherlands October 12, 2023

How an international trial for Hamas should be conducted - opinion

I accuse Hamas of war crimes, of crimes against humanity, genocide, and of depriving Gaza residents of a normal life.

 REPRESENTATIVES OF families of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 pose in front of the International Criminal Court after submitting legal filings to the ICC, accusing Hamas of war crimes, in The Hague, in February.

South Korean NGOs bring war crimes charges against Israeli coalition leaders, including Netanyahu

South Korean NGOs allege that Israeli officials are involved in planning and executing crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.