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Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, right, talks on the phone next to Russian Army General Vladimir Zurbenko, center, during the visit of a Russian Army delegation to the Bosnian town of Banja Luka in October 1995. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)
August 27, 2026, 7:13 pm
Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, dies at 84
Wartime commander was serving life sentence for Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo; reports say he died in a UN prison hospital in The Hague
By Jovana Gec and DUSAN STOJANOVIC
Undated portraits of Jonas Sjöstedt (left) and Hanna Gedin, members of Sweden’s Left Party. (European Parliament official website)
August 24, 2026, 12:58 am
Israel bars 2 Swedish MEPs from entering country over alleged anti-Israel activity
FM Gideon Sa’ar says Left Party lawmakers backed legal action against Israelis, spread claims about genocide and starvation in Gaza
By Stav Levaton
People gather around the wreckage of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by a strike in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
August 19, 2026, 2:01 pm
IDF to open criminal inquiry into Gaza’s Hind Rajab case, closes probe of World Central Kitchen deaths
Military Advocate General also decides on criminal investigation of deaths of 15 rescue workers, while dismissing cases of killings of 4 Doctors Without Borders employees
By Emanuel Fabian
Then-president Bashar al-Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during presidential elections in the town of Douma, near the Syrian capital of Damascus, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
August 11, 2026, 5:19 pm
Syrian court sentences ex-president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes
Assad’s cousin Atef Najib, present in Damascus court, also given death penalty for overseeing 2011 crackdown that helped trigger uprising against regime
By GHAITH ALSAYED and SAMAR KASSABALLI
A protester stands in rain near the White House on July 28, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/AFP)
July 29, 2026, 5:27 pm
Nearly half of Americans would have the US put Netanyahu in handcuffs, poll says
68% of Democrats, compared to 24% of Republicans, back PM’s arrest for war crimes during visit to US, while 47% of respondents believe he has damaged bilateral relations
By Jacob Magid
Jayson Gillham, in an undated image. (Jayson Gillham website)
July 10, 2026, 4:27 pm
Pianist who said IDF targets reporters loses suit against Melbourne show cancelation
Judge rejects Jayson Gillham’s claim Melbourne Symphony Orchestra took ‘adverse actions’ by nixing 2024 performance, saying he contravened policy against all political statements
By Michael Horovitz
Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak (left) in the Knesset plenum on April 27, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Religious Zionism MK Moshe Solomon seen in a Knesset committee meeting on June 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2026, 1:37 pm
Anti-Israel group files complaint in Netherlands against 2 MKs for ‘incitement to genocide’
Hind Rajab Foundation says it is seeking Dutch arrest of Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak, Religious Zionism MK Moshe Solomon for advocating relocation of Gazans, resettlement of Strip
By Ethan Rubinson
Palestinians accused of collaboration with Israel are seen blindfolded moments before their execution by Hamas gunmen in a Gaza street, September 22, 2025. (Social media)
June 9, 2026, 11:39 pm
Hamas members executed and maimed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, UN report says
Human rights office finds extrajudicial punishments carried out during war include ‘executions, kneecapping, bone-breaking with metal pipes or cement bricks and beatings’; says acts ‘amount to war crime’
By AP
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tells a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem that the ICC has issued an arrest warrant against him, May 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 19, 2026, 4:26 pm
Smotrich says ICC prosecutor has requested warrant for his arrest; orders demolition of West Bank hamlet
Warrant may be sought for far-right leader’s role in expanding settlements, which ICC could seek to prosecute as war crime. He calls the move a ‘declaration of war,’ instructs that Palestinian village east of Jerusalem be knocked down
By Jeremy Sharon
An Israeli soldier takes a photograph with his mobile phone during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, October 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
May 18, 2026, 3:15 pm
IDF struggles to throttle endless feed of soldiers posting misdeeds on social media
Troops keep recording their own misconduct, including smashing a statue of Jesus in Lebanon, but the army claims progress in curbing posts that fuel international criticism and risk operational security
By Stav Levaton
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) is seen at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 14, 2026. (Jamal Awad/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations on May 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 3:23 pm
ICC denies ‘inaccurate’ report it issued warrants for Smotrich and Ben Gvir
Haaretz says three additional warrants issued for unnamed politician and military officials; court reportedly sought ministers’ arrest over West Bank settlements last year
By Jeremy Sharon, ToI Staff and Agencies
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
Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski gives a speech at the parliament, in Warsaw, Poland, April 23, 2025. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)
April 20, 2026, 6:40 pm
Polish FM says IDF soldiers ‘admit to war crimes,’ setting up clash with Sa’ar
Israel’s top diplomat says ‘baseless’ accusations from his Warsaw counterpart reveal ‘profound ignorance,’ lauds IDF’s terrorist-to-civilian casualty ratio
By Lazar Berman
An IDF Combat Engineering truck-mounted drill rig is seen at Palestine Square in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, December 19, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel) 
April 19, 2026, 3:43 am
Anti-Israel group files formal complaint against released IDF soldier in Sri Lanka
Hind Rajab Foundation claims US-Israeli citizen engaged in war crimes while serving as combat engineer in Gaza, says Sri Lanka has ‘duty’ to investigate him and prosecute if necessary
By ToI Staff
A screenshot of a video purporting to show an Iranian child recruit to the IRGC's Basij militia wearing a military uniform and carrying a rifle, seen in Shariati Square, Mashhad, Iran, March 30, 2026. (Telegram / used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 3, 2026, 6:25 pm
‘War crime’: Amnesty slams Iran’s recruitment of children as young as 12 to Basij militia
Rights group cites eyewitnesses, videos as proof the IRGC has enlisted kids to man checkpoints, says deployment of child soldiers violates UN convention to which Tehran is a party
By Ethan Rubinson and AP
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