The warrants for the Israeli prime minister and former defence minister pertain to crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ICC did not disclose Deif's warrant of arrest, stating it was a "secret".
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00:00The International Criminal Court issued three arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister
00:06Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Hamas leader Mohamed Daif.
00:13The warrants for Netanyahu and Galant pertain to crimes against humanity as well as war
00:18crimes.
00:19The threat of the arrest could make it difficult for them to travel abroad.
00:25The Israeli Foreign Ministry challenged the ICC's jurisdiction in September and argued
00:30that the court did not give Israel the chance to investigate the allegations before requesting
00:35the warrants.
00:36But the ICC said that the acceptance by Israel of the court's jurisdiction is not required.
00:43The other arrest warrant was for Hamas military commander Daif, who was one of the reported
00:48masterminds of the October 7 attacks last year.
00:52The Israeli military claimed to have killed the commander in July, but Hamas neither confirmed
00:56nor denied these claims.
00:59The ICC did not disclose the reason of Daif's arrest warrant.