ICC Issues Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu, Ex-Defence Minister Gallant, and Hamas Leader Al-Masri

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants Against Netanyahu: The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, Yoav Gallant, a former defense minister of the country as well as Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, a leader of Hamas for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, as was reported by Reuters.

This came after the ICC office of the prosecutor Karim Khan on the 20th of May said that he was in support of arrest warrants for alleged offenses connected with the activities of the Hamas on the 7th of October, as well as in relation to Israel's military operations in Gaza.

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“The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity,” the three-judge panel wrote in its unanimous decision to issue warrants, AP reported.

Israel has declared the ICC cannot try it and dismissed allegations of war crimes in Gaza. The country asserted its airstrike motioned Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, aka MullahMohammed Deif, but Hamas has neither supported nor rejected the assertions.

Israel is not a signatory to the statute of the court. In the past, the country has experienced difficulty in self-investigation, as noted by human rights organizations.

Israel-Hamas conflict

The hearing on the appeal of the war which broke in Gaza territorial enclave as from 07th October 2020 – according to the Health ministry that is run by Hamas régime – has claimed at least 44056.

The toll includes 71 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which claimed that 104,268 people have been injured within the regions of the Gaza.

The clash escalated when Hamas invaded southern Israel on October 7 2023, where approximately 1200 people, mostly non-combatants, were slaughtered and a further 250 held as hostages.

In a separate instance, a director of a hospital in Gaza, and a civil defense official, told AFP on Thursday that many were dead or missing following Israeli bombardment in Gaza, and many after attending the hospital.

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