ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu
- Publish date: Monday، 20 May 2024
Karim Khan has applied for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, his defence chief, and three Hamas leaders.
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A prosecutor from the International Criminal Court (ICC) revealed that he was seeking an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief, and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.
The ICC prosecutor Karim Khan shared that there is reason to believe that all these individuals bear "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Khan has applied for an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Khan also applied for arrest warrants for Hamas' chief Yahya Sinwar, commander-in-chief of Hamas' military wing Mohammed Al-Masri, and head of Hamas' Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh.
Now it is up to a panel of pre-trial judges who will look at the evidence and determine if it supports the issuing of arrest warrants.
Khan said, "Now, more than ever, we must collectively demonstrate that international humanitarian law, the foundational baseline for human conduct during the conflict, applies to all individuals and applies equally across the situations addressed by my office and the court."
The allegations against Netanyahu and Gallant include starving civilians as a method of warfare, deliberately causing immense suffering and deliberate killing and murder as a war crime.
The allegations against the Hamas leaders include extermination, murder, taking hostages, torture, and sexual violence.