Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, 3 Hamas Leaders Sought by ICC Prosecutors | Oneindia News
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors are seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity following the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza. Get the latest updates on this developing story from Oneindia News.
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00:00 The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar
00:20 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against
00:27 humanity.
00:28 The decision follows the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza.
00:34 ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan revealed this information in an exclusive interview with
00:39 CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
00:41 Khan stated that the ICC is also targeting Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Galant along
00:48 with two other top Hamas leaders, Mohamed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, also known as Mohamed
00:54 Diab, the leader of the al-Qasim Brigades, and Ismail Haniye, Hamas's political leader.
01:01 This marks a significant moment as it is the first time the ICC has targeted the top leaders
01:06 of a close ally of the United States.
01:09 Netanyahu now joins the ranks of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also faces an ICC arrest
01:16 warrant over Moscow's actions in Ukraine.
01:19 A panel of ICC judges will now review Khan's application for these arrest warrants.
01:25 Khan highlighted that the charges against Sinwar, Haniye and al-Masri include "extrimination,
01:31 murder, taking of hostages, rape and sexual assault in detention."
01:37 Khan expressed the global shock on October 7, describing how people were ripped from
01:43 their bedrooms, from their homes, from different kibbutzim in Israel, resulting in immense
01:50 suffering.
01:51 Meanwhile, Netanyahu and Galant faced charges of causing "extermination, causing starvation
01:57 as a method of war, including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies and deliberately
02:02 targeting civilians in conflict."
02:04 In response to earlier reports of the ICC considering this course of action, Netanyahu
02:10 described any ICC arrest warrants against senior Israeli officials as "an outrage of
02:16 historic proportions."
02:18 He asserted that Israel has an independent legal system that rigorously investigates
02:22 all legal violations.
02:25 Addressing these comments, Khan emphasized nobody is above the law.
02:30 He advised Israel to raise any objections before the court's judges, despite their non-membership
02:36 in the ICC.
02:37 Khan deteriorated that the ICC claims jurisdiction over Gaza, East Jerusalem and the West Bank,
02:43 following the Palestinian leader's formal agreement to adhere to the court's founding
02:48 principles in 2015.
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