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Israeli war crimes are violations of
international criminal law, including
war crimes,
crimes against humanity and the
crime of genocide, which
Israeli security forces have committed or been accused of committing since the
founding of Israel in 1948. These have included
murder, intentional
targeting of civilians, killing prisoners of war and
surrendered combatants,
indiscriminate attacks,
collective punishment,
starvation,
persecution, the use of
human shields,
sexual violence and
rape,
torture,
pillage,
forced transfer, breach of
medical neutrality,
enforced disappearance, targeting journalists, attacking civilian and protected objects, wanton destruction,
incitement to genocide, and
genocide.

Ambulance destroyed in the neighborhood of
Shuja'iyya in Gaza City during the
2014 Gaza War
Israel ratified the
Geneva Conventions on 6 July 1951,
[1] and on 2 January 2015 the
State of Palestine acceded to the
Rome Statute, granting the
International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the
occupied Palestinian territories.
[2] Human rights experts argue that actions taken by the
Israel Defense Forces during armed conflicts in the occupied Palestinian territories fall under the rubric of war crimes.
[3] Special rapporteurs from the United Nations, organizations including
Human Rights Watch,
Médecins Sans Frontières,
Amnesty International, and human rights experts have accused Israel of war crimes.
[4]
Since 2006, the
United Nations Human Rights Council has mandated several
fact finding missions into violations of international law, including war crimes, in the occupied Palestinian territories, and in May 2021 established a
permanent, ongoing inquiry.
[5][6] Since 2021, the ICC has had an
active investigation into Israeli war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territories.
[7][8] Israel has refused to cooperate with the investigations.
[9][10] In December 2023, South Africa invoked the
1948 Genocide Convention and charged Israel with war crimes and acts of genocide committed in the occupied Palestinian territories and
Gaza Strip.
[11][12][13] The case,
South Africa v. Israel, was set to be heard at the
International Court of Justice (ICJ),
[14] and South Africa presented its case to the court on 10 January.
[15] In March 2024, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories found there were "reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission" of acts of genocide had been met.
[16] In November 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for
Benjamin Netanyahu and
Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
[17] In December 2024, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accused Israel of
genocide.
[18][19][20]