War crimes

IDF denies Green Beret claims of indiscriminate shooting, tank fire at Gaza aid sites

IDF rejected claims of violence against civilians at Gaza aid distribution site made by a US veteran and ex-GHF worker in a BBC interview.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian man shows blood stains on his palm after he carried casualties among people seeking aid supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2025
Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

I am a war scholar - there is no genocide in Gaza - opinion

I have reviewed their orders, watched their targeting process, and seen soldiers take real risks to avoid harming civilians. Nothing I have seen or studied resembles genocide or genocidal intent.

|ByJOHN SPENCER
SERVICE MEMBERS of the National Guard of Ukraine wait before firing toward Russian troops, at a position in a front line, amid Russia’s attack on their country last Saturday in the Kharkiv region.

Assessing Russian crimes against Ukraine at deeper levels - opinion

The crimes perpetrated against Ukraine are even worse than the objective facts suggest, leaving observers with just a superficial understanding of cumulative harms.

|ByLOUIS RENÉ BERES
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.

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.

|BySHERWIN POMERANTZ

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.

Stockholm court indicts Swedish Islamic State member for serious war, terrorism crimes in Syria

Footage shows the suspect participating in a brutal execution, which included forcing a Jordanian pilot into a cage that was set on fire.

MAY 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An ISIS member carries an Islamic State flag in Syria.

Former PM Ehud Olmert says Israel is close to committing war crime in Gaza

"We are fighting Hamas murderers, we are not fighting innocent civilians, and this must be clear," said Olmert.

MAY 21, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert in Tel Aviv. August 8, 2024.