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The International Criminal Court Prosecutor's Office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well as for three Hamas leaders: Yahya Sinwar, Mohamed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh.
The warrants are for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during and since the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7th last year, which resulted in the deaths of about 1,140 Israelis.
The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant include "causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war, including the denial of humanitarian aid" as stated by the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor.
The ICC is seeking an arrest warrant for Gallant in connection with the same allegations as Netanyahu, alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied Palestinian territories.
This development is significant and indicates that legal action is being taken against these individuals.
These arrest warrants are part of the ICC's efforts to address alleged crimes committed in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is important to note that the ICC's jurisdiction and the issuance of arrest warrants can be subject to various legal and political considerations and may take months to implement.
In the meantime any of the accused (the accursed) can freely travel to wherever they like, until the arrest warrants are approved. After that, they can and will be arrested.
Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, which has continued for more than seven months since that attack, has killed more than 35,000 people, mostly women and children, with thousands more lost and feared dead under the rubble.
In his statement, Khan praised the panel of experts he had convened to review the evidence and provide legal analysis to support these arrest warrants. He said its members have “immense standing in international humanitarian law and international criminal law”.
In an article for the Financial Times, the panel of experts collectively wrote that this is not the first time an international prosecutor has convened such a panel to seek advice regarding conflict and that it is not unusual for a prosecutor to invite external experts to participate in an evidence review.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has 127 member nations, but Israel and the United States are not members. Once warrants are issued, the five individuals mentioned will be subject to arrest if they travel to any of the 127 member territories. They can also be brought to trial at The Hague at any time.
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