International Law

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.
UN PEACEKEEPERS (UNIFIL) seen in southern Lebanon, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on November 6, 2025.

Hezbollah uses ambulances, paramedic uniforms, as disguise for terrorist activity, IDF says

The terrorists, the military claimed, systematically used ambulances to transfer weapons across the country, in order to launch attacks against Israel and IDF soldiers.

|ByTZVI JASPER
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
Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk attends a ceremony marking the two years anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv on February 23, 2023.

'Russia is to Ukraine what Hamas is to Israel': Ukrainian ambassador marks four years of war

He added that Ukraine has formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

|ByGUY ELSTER

The false and deceitful charges against Israel - opinion

As Hamas is forcibly using civilians as human shields, Hamas has the full responsibility for any collateral harm.

OCTOBER 25, 2023ByALAN BAKER
THE AFTERMATH of the pogrom carried out by Hamas terrorists at Kibbutz Be’eri, near the border with Gaza: Despite the unimaginably horrific nature of the slaughter, it was soon followed in the world by a wave of antisemitism.

How could war affect ICC’s view of Israel and Hamas? - analysis

Israel has its own mechanisms for probing and prosecuting its soldiers accused of war crimes.

OCTOBER 23, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL Court, The Hague.