International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leaders over war crimes
The court’s prosecutor has sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three Hamas leaders Yehia Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
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00:00 I can also confirm today that I have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of evidence
00:07 collected and examined by my office, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
00:14 and Minister of Defense Yoav Galant bear criminal responsibility for the following
00:21 international crimes committed on the territory of the State of Palestine from at least the 8th
00:28 of October 2023. The crimes include starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, willfully causing
00:37 great suffering, serious injury to body or health or cruel treatment, willful killing or murder,
00:46 and intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population,
00:53 as well as crimes against humanity of extermination and or murder.