Netanyahu’s energy strikes on Iran are a possible war crime – and straight out of Putin’s playbook
- Posted on March 20, 2026
- By The Independent
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Netanyahu’s energy strikes on Iran are a possible war crime – and straight out of Putin’s playbook
The Israeli bombing of the South Pars gas field has chilling parallels to Russia’s bombing of Ukrainian infrastructure, which has been condemned as a possible war crime. World affairs editor Sam Kiley writes that such a strategy will cause needless pain and do nothing to bring the regime to its knees
