Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20, that he was seeking arrest warrants for alleged crimes connected to the Oct 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the Israeli military response in Gaza.
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The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20, that he was seeking arrest warrants for alleged crimes connected to the Oct 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the Israeli military response in Gaza.
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00:00Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime
00:06Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Chief Yoav Galant, as well as a Hamas
00:12leader Ibrahim al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
00:18The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20th that he was seeking
00:24arrest warrants for alleged crimes connected to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas
00:31and the Israeli military response in Gaza.
00:35The ICC said Israel's acceptance of the court's jurisdiction was not required.
00:41Israel has rejected the jurisdiction of the Hague-based court and denies war crimes in
00:45Gaza.
00:47Israel has said it killed al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Daif, in airstrike but Hamas has
00:53neither confirmed nor denied this.
00:55The decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant are a mark of shame for
01:00the ICC, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday.
01:06There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu or Galant.