war crimes

Assad Abdeen carries the body of his one-month-old son, Saeed, who died of cold exposure, in Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, December 18, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

‘Wet tent syndrome’ is killing Gaza’s infants

Israel’s restrictions on shelter and medicine have left displaced families helpless as newborns succumb to exposure and preventable disease.

By Michal Feldon January 26, 2026

Then-Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court justice Yosef Elron, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Both sides of the Sde Teiman leak debate reflect Israel’s moral decay

The Israeli army’s top legal official is being hounded over her role in a scandal that has split the nation. Her complicity in the genocide goes unmentioned.

By Ori Goldberg November 7, 2025

Israelis protest against the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, on a highway bridge near Jerusalem, August 15, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

How Israelis turned atrocity denial into an art

As Gazans document mass killing and starvation in real time, the response of much of Israeli society is: “It’s all fake — and they deserve it.”

By Ron Dudai August 22, 2025

Latest

B’Tselem and PHRI hold a press conference announcing their respective reports on the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Jerusalem, July 27, 2025. (Flash90)

‘Our genocide’: Israeli rights groups abandon their restraint on Gaza

After months of hesitation, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel assert that the war is meant to erase Palestinian life — now and in the future.

By Shatha Yaish July 31, 2025

Medics rush to rescue a Palestinian wounded at an aid site in northern Gaza City, June 17, 2025. (Yousef Zaanoun/Activestills)

‘Double tap’ airstrikes: How Israel targets Gaza rescue efforts

In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers, paramedics, and other civilians to prevent them from saving the wounded, an investigation reveals.

By Yuval Abraham July 24, 2025

A Palestinian mother mourns over the body of her 15-year-old daughter Raghad Abu Amra at Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, April 3, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Israel no longer hides its genocidal aims in Gaza. Will the world keep looking away?

Since Trump's return, Israel has dropped all pretenses of self-defense. But even as it evades accountability, it has cemented its legacy as a global pariah.

By Omar H. Rahman June 3, 2025

Activists protest against the war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, in central Jerusalem, May 20, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

For more Israelis, calling out war crimes is no longer taboo

Recognition of the army’s atrocities in Gaza has moved into mainstream Israeli discourse. This alone cannot end the war — but it's a profound shift.

By Meron Rapoport May 29, 2025

Palestinian boy holding a leaflet dropped by the Israeli army ordering residents to evacuate the Bani Suhaila and Abasan areas in eastern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025 (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Days of terror in Gaza’s ‘Block 76’

My family clung to our hometown of Al-Fukhari for as long as we could, until Israel's evacuation orders and new assault left us with no choice.

By Ruwaida Amer May 21, 2025

Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike outside the European Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2025. (Hussein Abu Khreis/Flash90)

‘Israel burned the ground under our feet’: Hundreds killed in intensified Gaza assault

In a wave of airstrikes from Khan Younis to Jabalia, Israeli forces targeted hospitals and homes, killing over 250 and paralyzing rescue efforts.

By Ibtisam Mahdi May 16, 2025

A demonstrator protests outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City, calling attention to sexual violence against women during Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, December 4, 2023. (Yakov Binyamin/Flash90)

Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians?

Despite mounting evidence of the army’s gender-based crimes, Israeli women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report.

By Samah Salaime April 17, 2025

Palestinians who were injured from Israeli airstrikes on the town of Bani Suhaila arrive at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘I operated on more children in Gaza in one night than I do in the U.S. in a year’

American surgeon Feroze Sidhwa has volunteered in war zones around the world. But nothing prepared him for Israel bombing his hospital in Gaza.

By Michal Feldon April 9, 2025

Displaced Palestinians return their homes during the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Jabalia, in the central Gaza Strip, January 23, 2025 (Khalil Kahlout/Flash90)

A ceasefire can only bring temporary relief. It’s what comes next that counts

Any hope for Gaza's future requires not just an end to the war and 18-year siege, but accountability for Israel's crimes and Palestinian political unification.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha January 24, 2025

Israeli soldiers operating in Gaza City, July 28, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Exterminate, expel, resettle: Israel’s endgame in northern Gaza

Debates over the details of the ‘Generals’ Plan’ distract from the true brutality of Israel’s latest operation — one that drops the veneer of humanitarian considerations and lays the groundwork for settlements.

By Idan Landau November 1, 2024