ICC prosecutor applies for arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

For war crimes, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has requested an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, and the leader of Hamas in Gaza.

Karim Khan told the BBC that there were good reasons to think that both men were guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity starting on October 7, 2023.

The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has been looking into Israel’s activities in the occupied areas for the past three years, and more lately, Hamas’s acts as well.

Recently, Mr. Netanyahu referred to the possibility of prominent Israeli people being added to the ICC’s wanted list as “an outrage of historic proportions.”

Last week, 13 Western countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, Japan and others cautioned Israel over its resolve to launch a full-scale operation in Rafah.