The Worldwide Legal Court docket in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant, in addition to Hamas’ navy chief Mohammed Deif.
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The Worldwide Legal Court docket issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged struggle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity within the Gaza Strip.
Israel rejects the court docket’s allegations, which embrace the usage of hunger as a weapon of struggle and “intentionally directing an attack against the civilian population.”
The ICC additionally issued a warrant Thursday for the arrest of Muhammad Deif, Hamas’ navy chief. Israel mentioned in August that it had killed Deif however Hamas has not confirmed Deif’s demise. The ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan had beforehand sought arrest warrants for 2 different Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, however withdrew the requests as each males have since been confirmed useless.
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