The Worldwide Felony Court docket in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant, in addition to Hamas’ army chief Mohammed Deif.
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The Worldwide Felony Court docket issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Protection Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged conflict crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity within the Gaza Strip.
Israel rejects the court docket’s allegations, which embody using hunger as a weapon of conflict and “deliberately directing an assault in opposition to the civilian inhabitants.”
The ICC additionally issued a warrant Thursday for the arrest of Muhammad Deif, Hamas’ army chief. Israel stated in August that it had killed Deif however Hamas has not confirmed Deif’s loss of life. 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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