Military court

Israel's new death penalty law marks moral break, sparks discrimination fears, expert says

For Prof. Yoram Rabin, a criminal and constitutional law scholar and president of the College of Management Academic Studies, the law is both a moral rupture and a legally vulnerable one.

A VOTE on the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israeli civilians at the auditorium in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026.
Capt. Tomer Aigas

Mother of Tomer Eiges 'ashamed' to have served in Unit 8200, appalled at son's treatment in prison

Members of the Keter unit, an Israeli prison service response unit seen during an operation where Nukhba terrorists (a Hamas unit) being held, at the Ofer Prison near Jerusalem, August 28, 2024.

Israel faces major hurdles in prosecution of Oct. 7 attackers, court administration warns

 Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the drafting of ultra-Orthodox jews to the IDF in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders give haredi factions green light to advance IDF draft bill


IDF officer convicted of raping Palestinian woman indicted for attack on reporter

The attack took place at the Military Court of Appeals in the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv after the officer appealed his conviction in March.

The IDF military court in the Kirya military headquarters

IDF officer arrested for spying on female soldiers dismissed from role

The IDF's decision to dismiss Sharoni of his role comes after he was accused of taking photographs of female soldiers without their knowledge.

 IDF officer Lt.-Col. Dan Sharoni at the IDF military court in the Kirya military headquarters

IDF court findings undermine gov’t campaign against NGOs

On November 10, the same IDF court, in a plea bargain, convicted Juana Rashmawi of financing terrorism, which also included an NIS 50,000 fine.

The IDF's fuel base in Nesher

Court: Eitan Biran to return to Italy, Israeli grandfather to pay reparations

The court found that Biran had deeper ties with his Italian family and surroundings than he did with his Israeli family.

 Lawyers of the family from Italy speak to the press after the family court decided that Eitan Biran will be taken back to Italy, October 25, 2021

Border Police thwart attempted bombing of military court

A sapper was called to the scene who worked to neutralize the explosive

Pipe bomb next to the Samaria military court

Military court judge swears allegiance to court of appeals

Col. Zomer was born in Israel and has LLB and LLM degrees from Bar Ilan University.

Col. Zomer swears her allegiance

Terrorist involved in ramming attack in 2019 sentenced to 4 years in jail

Two of the involved terrorist were shot and killed by IDF forces on the spot, while the third one, a minor, was arrested and sentenced on Monday.

Israeli forces stand at the scene of a car ramming in the West Bank that injured two soldiers, March 4, 2019

IDF indicts three officers in drowning death of soldier

Sgt. Evytar Yosefi drowned last year in the Hilazon Stream during a navigation drill

IDF troops during a training exercise – ‘In a situation where Israel is coping with multiple fronts, we still need to decide... what is the priority. This is a difficult problem.’

Five IDF officers summoned to hearing over soldier's drowning

Yosefi, from Givat Shmuel, drowned during a nighttime navigation exercise when he tried to cross the swollen Hilazon Stream on January 7.

Evyatar Yosefi

IDI study reveals: Proportionality in war is still a riddle

Israeli military officers are less tolerant of higher civilian casualties than their American counterparts.

Prof. Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Prof. Daniel Statman and Prof. Amichai Cohen