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Evidence of Israeli War Crimes

Israel has committed numerous war crimes over the past 2 years, especially against civilians in Palestine and Lebanon. The evidence is strong, extensive, readily available, and undeniable. The UN defines the following as war crimes: 

  • Murder
  • Torture 
  • Pillage 
  • Intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population, humanitarian aid workers, religious and educational buildings and hospitals
  • The use of illegal weapons, such as chemical weapons or cluster munitions

Here is just a small fraction of the evidence of Israeli war crimes, from a wide variety of reputable sources that are easily accessible online:

2025

The Guardian:

Palestinian Red Crescent details medic’s account of 15 colleagues’ slaughter


The Guardian: 

At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at food point, Gaza officials say


The Guardian:

Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack


BBC:

Israeli strike kills nine of Gaza doctor's children


AP:
Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

AP:
Gaza’s main hospital overwhelmed with children in pain from malnutrition

The Guardian:
Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank



HRW:

Lebanon: Destruction of Infrastructure Preventing Returns 


HRW:

Israel Imports Gaza Abuses into the West Bank


HRW:

Israel Again Blocks Gaza Aid, Further Risking Lives 


The Guardian:

Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN 


Democracy Now:

As U.N. Accuses Israel of Genocidal Acts, U.S. Surgeons in Gaza Denounce Aid Blockade, Jailing Of Doctors


HRW:

Gaza: Israeli Military War Crimes While Occupying Hospitals


The Guardian:

Red Cross federation ‘outraged’ at deaths of Red Crescent medics in Gaza


The Guardian:

Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN


UN News:

Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders


The Guardian:

Evidence of ‘execution-style’ killings of Palestinian aid workers by Israeli forces, doctor says


The Guardian:

Israeli military changes account of Gaza paramedics’ killing after video of attack


The Guardian:

Israel military razed Gaza perimeter land to create ‘kill zone’, soldiers say



Breaking the Silence:

The Perimeter: Soldiers' testimonies from the Gaza Buffer Zone


BBC:

Chemical burns, assaults, electric shocks - Gazans tell BBC of torture in Israeli detention


OHCHR:

“More than a human can bear”: Israel's systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence since 7 October 2023 



2024

Amnesty International:

‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza


Time:

How Experts Believe Starvation Is Being Utilized in Gaza 


BBC:

West Bank strike: Israel accused of targeting civilians in deadly attack


CTV News:

Canadian-American citizen among seven aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza


BBC:

World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés says Israel targeted staff in Gaza 'car by car' 


HRW:

Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime


Reuters:

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu and Hamas leaders


BBC:

Dozens reported killed in Israeli strike on Rafah


HRW:

Lebanon: Exploding Pagers Harmed Hezbollah, Civilians


L’Orient Today:

Bombings, destruction, injuries, refugees... The ordeal of southern Lebanon, in images


BBC:

BBC visits scene of Israeli air strike in Lebanese village


L’Orient Today:

What is the 'Dahiyeh doctrine'? 


BBC:

Lebanon hospitals close as Israeli strikes hit health facilities


L’Orient Today:

The human toll: Honoring civilians killed by Israeli strikes during Lebanon war


L’Orient Today:

New Israeli fire on UNIFIL, peacekeepers wounded


L’Orient Today:

Israeli army blows up a village in southern Lebanon


L’Orient Today:

'Netanyahu wins tactical successes, but razing villages in southern Lebanon won't solve the problem'


BBC:

Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike


L’Orient Today:

At least 'one child killed and ten injured each day' in Israeli strikes this month in Lebanon, says UNICEF 


BBC:

'We are not military - why are we being hit?'


The Guardian:

Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF


BBC:

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead verified by UN are women and children


HRW:

Israel’s Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza


The Guardian: 

‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate


BBC: 

Children starving to death in northern Gaza - WHO


OHCHR: 

UN experts declare famine has spread throughout Gaza strip


HRW:

“Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged” 


L’Orient Today:

Satellite imagery shows Israeli evacuation warnings during the war may have been used to ‘terrorize’ rather than protect civilians


NBC News:

Israel burns northern Gaza’s last functioning hospital; patients and staff removed




2023

BBC:

'Where do we go?' - Nowhere safe in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify


HRW: 

Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon


Reuters:

UN agency warns food, fresh water rapidly running out in Gaza


The Guardian:

Fears grow people are dehydrating to death in Gaza as clean water runs out


BBC:

Entire streets destroyed in Gaza refugee camp


BBC:

Dozens killed as Israeli strikes hit southern Gaza refuge areas


HRW:

Israel: Unlawful Gaza Blockade Deadly for Children


NBC News:

Video shows aftermath of a deadly blast at an Orthodox church in Gaza City


Washington Post:

Historic Church Sheltering Civilians Struck in Deadly Gaza City Blast


Reuters:

Orthodox church says it was hit by Israeli air strike in Gaza


NBC News:

As Israel-Hamas war rages, a school blast shows people in Gaza have nowhere to run


BBC:

Israel-Gaza: The devastating effects of war on Gaza's children


Reuters:

UN rights chief says war crimes committed on both sides of Israel-Hamas conflict


BBC:

How Israel jails hundreds of Palestinians without charge


CNN:

Videos show Israeli soldiers in Gaza burning food, vandalizing a shop and ransacking private homes


BBC:

Israel hostages: IDF says it mistakenly killed three men held in Gaza


HRW:

Israeli Authorities’ Cutting of Water Leading to Public Health Crisis in Gaza 


HRW:

Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza