https://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3miltrsd2zk2qThe attack on the highly respected Pasteur Institute in Iran, a building dedicated to science, may well be a war crime. But the ICC lacks jurisdiction unless Iran asks it, based on acts committed in its territory, and that too seems unlikely given Iran's own conduct. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-war-middle-east-recap-thursday.html03 Apr 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3miltrsd2zk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3mabsugtvgk2xThe number of attacks on health care in armed conflict has dramatically increased over the past five years. I discuss what is driving the attacks and what needs to be done with @drjoshs.bsky.social https://publichealth.jhu.edu/headlines/public-health-on-call-podcast18 Dec 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabsugtvgk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3m47mm4grj22hI write about the need for a reckoning for attacks on health care in Gaza and an end to the erosion of the critical norms for protection of hospitals, the wounded and sick and their caregivers -- and how to achieve it. https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/a-reckoning-for-attacks-on-health-in-gaza27 Oct 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47mm4grj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3lz77brxp7c2kColleagues Joe Amon and Rohini Haar and I discuss the normalization of attacks on health care in conflict in Gaza and beyond and what can be done to end impunity for them. https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r196419 Sep 2025 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz77brxp7c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3lz776kobrc2mColleagues Joe Amon and Rohini Haar and I discuss how attacks on health care are being normalized and what can be done to end impunity for them https://www.bmj.com/content/390/bmj.r196419 Sep 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz776kobrc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3lsyl5ywfas2b.‪@ferozesidhwa.org‬ and I show that Israel’s wholesale destruction of the entire health sytem in Gaza, and the death and suffering it has brought, cannot be remotely justified by its claims of Hamas misuse of hospitals for military purposes [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyl5ywfas2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3lo76mxy23s2sStunning @nytimes video investigation of Israeli Defense Forces killing of 14 Palestinian emergency responders, lying about it, followed by an IDF investigation that was a whitewash - and that it was part of a pattern of attacking ambulances and medical convoys https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010140613/israel-gaza-medics-attack-idf.html02 May 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo76mxy23s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3ll54tdqf6k2iYet another attack in Nasser Hospital in Gaza targeted at a wounded Hamas fighter receiving treatment for wounds. One of the most fundamental rules of the Geneva Conventions from their inception is not to attack or kill wounded soldiers. Israel crossed yet another line https://bbc.com/news/articles/cp3y046q91no24 Mar 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll54tdqf6k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3lkb4ipi2ps2hYet another new element in Trump Administration campaign to undermine international humanitarian law https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/pete-hegseth-pentagon-lawyers-rules-of-war13 Mar 2025 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb4ipi2ps2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3limgbuu7s22lRe medical abuse at Sde Teimen see Physicians and the Push for Accountability for Alleged Abuse of Gazan Prisoners Detained by Israel https://www.justsecurity.org/104150/physicians-accountability-abuse-gazan-prisoners-detained-israel/20 Feb 2025 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3limgbuu7s22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3limg33ozrc2lFive iDF soldiers charged for assault abd sexuel abuse at notorious Sde Teimen detention csmp but no indication of investigations of commanders or ministers whose detention policies were designed to ge abusive and were. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/world/middleeast/israeli-soldiers-charged-abuse-palestinian-detainee.html?smid=bs-share20 Feb 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3limg33ozrc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3limfdj74cc2l A great vindication for a courageous human rights leader [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2025 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3limfdj74cc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3leudhzkpb22cMust read report by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on attacks on hospitals in Gaza and Israel's breaches of the law. https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/opt/20241231-attacks-hospitals-gaza-en.pdf03 Jan 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3leudhzkpb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/lenrubenstein.bsky.social/post/3lctegu2vsc26Assad must be brought to justice for his brutality against his own people, including for his attacks on hospitals, which along with those of Putin, number more than 650. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Dec 2024 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:uyttqjs7swjskeycvc55oc3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctegu2vsc26