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Screenshot of the recorded testimony of Darin Komarov, a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre to the Civil Service Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children. (Courtesy, Civil Commission)
May 12, 2026, 8:37 am
Sexual violence was ‘systematic, integral’ to Hamas-led October 7 terror assault, study finds
Rape, sexual torture, mutilation and postmortem sexual abuse found to have been used to ‘terrorize’ Israeli society, with images of the atrocities ‘weaponized’ through social media
By Jeremy Sharon
Hamas terrorists attack an army base next to the Erez Crossing, on October 7, 2023, in footage released by the terror group. (Screenshot: Telegram)
January 13, 2026, 11:55 am
Knesset advances bill establishing military tribunal to try October 7 perpetrators
Legislation would allow for death penalty and bar suspects from being released in prisoner exchange deals; hearings to be open to the public and broadcast live
By ToI Staff
Journalists gather as bodies are exhumed and removed from a mass grave in the grounds of the St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints church in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv on April 13, 2022. (Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
April 13, 2022, 11:55 pm
Why accusations of Russian genocide in Ukraine carry more heft than mere words
With US and over 150 nations obligated to prevent and prosecute such actions, intensification of rhetoric by world leaders could be prelude to tougher response against Moscow
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Firefighters help a woman to evacuate from a damaged by shelling apartment building in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
March 10, 2022, 10:47 pm
World condemns Russian hospital strike as troops advance on Kyiv, choke off Mariupol
Mayor of Ukrainian capital says half of population has fled; US VP Harris backs war crimes probe into hospital shelling, which Moscow claims is ‘staged provocation’ by Ukraine
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sant' Anna di Stazzema massacre memorial sculpture, February 22, 2008. (Wikimedia Commons/ Hans Peter Schaefer)
October 12, 2021, 11:48 pm
After killing hundreds of Italian civilians, a brutal SS division evaded justice
UK author Christian Jennings’ new book ‘Anatomy of a Massacre’ examines the infamous murders at Sant’ Anna di Stazzema to highlight Nazi war crimes that went unpunished
By Robert Philpot
Courtroom sketch shows Iranian defendant Hamid Noury (2nd from left) sitting in the District Court of Stockholm with his defense attorney Daniel Marcus (3rd from left) on the opening of his trial for war crimes and murder, on August 10, 2021. (Anders Humlebo/AFP)
August 10, 2021, 11:08 pm
Iranian official on trial in Sweden for war crimes tied to new president Raisi
Hamid Noury charged with murder for role in ordering mass executions of political dissidents in 1988, a purge Iran’s new leader is claimed to have led
By AFP
Kosovo president Hashim Thaci addresses the nation as he announced his resignation to face war crimes charges in Kosovo capital Pristina on November 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
November 5, 2020, 5:57 pm
Kosovo’s president resigns to face war crimes charges
Hashim Thaci is accused by The Hague tribunal of murders as a guerrilla leader in 1990s war with Serbia
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, left appoints MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh as the Knesset's special coordinator for issues pertaining to the International Criminal Court, September 23, 2020 (courtesy)
September 23, 2020, 5:10 pm
Ahead of decision on war crimes probe, Knesset taps point-woman for The Hague
MK Michal Cotler-Wunsh, daughter of Canada’s ex-justice minister, vows to use the ‘language of rights and international law so that Israel can rise from the docket of the accused’
By Raphael Ahren
The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), composed of Judge Péter Kovács, Presiding Judge, Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Judge Reine Alapini-Gansou (courtesy ICC)
July 9, 2020, 12:08 pm
These three judges could send Israel to the dock in The Hague
Jurists from France, Hungary and Benin will soon rule if the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to investigate war crimes allegedly committed in Palestine
By Raphael Ahren
PA President Mahmoud Abbas heads a leadership meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 19, 2020. (Alaa Badarneh/Pool via AP)
June 6, 2020, 11:14 am
Palestinians tell ICC that annexation will void Oslo Accords
However, the PA’s response to court’s query on Mahmoud Abbas’ declaration last month voiding all agreements with Israel may already have that effect
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Chagall Hall of the Knesset after the swearing-in of Israel's new government, May 17, 2020. (Kobi Gideom/GPO)
May 17, 2020, 10:04 pm
Netanyahu: Fighting ICC war crimes probe among government’s key objectives
At first cabinet meeting, PM says the challenge from The Hague is a ‘strategic threat’ to Israeli military and political leaders
By Raphael Ahren
Then-chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda at the opening of the court's judicial year with a Special Session at the seat of the court in The Hague, January 23, 2020. (courtesy ICC)
April 30, 2020, 6:35 pm
Chief prosecutor insists ICC has jurisdiction to probe war crimes in ‘Palestine’
Dismissing arguments by Germany, Australia, Brazil, other countries and law experts, Fatou Bensouda doubles down; ball now in judges’ court
By Raphael Ahren
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, January 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
March 19, 2020, 5:16 pm
ICC prosecutor requests more time to weigh jurisdiction over Palestinian areas
As The Hague shuts its doors due to COVID-19, Fatou Bensouda requests additional month to say if she still believes the court has jurisdiction to open war crimes investigation
By Raphael Ahren
Demonstrators carry banners and Palestinian flags outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, urging the court to prosecute Israel's army for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands, November 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
February 21, 2020, 9:40 am
Why the Palestinian case at The Hague took a big hit this past week
Backing Israel’s position against pending war crimes probe, 7 countries say Palestine is not a state that can transfer jurisdiction to the ICC. Not a single one argues the opposite
By Raphael Ahren
Public Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda enters the courtroom for the trial of Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, whose fugitive leader Kony is one of the world's most-wanted war crimes suspects, at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands, December 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
January 13, 2020, 1:08 pm
ICC prosecutor: Netanyahu’s anti-Semitism charge is ‘particularly regrettable’
In far-ranging exchange, Fatou Bensouda responds to what she calls ‘character assassination’; says she ‘fondly’ remembers her 1998 trip to Israel, hopes to be able to visit again
By Raphael Ahren
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