The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar.
The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for both the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar for their actions in the war raging in Gaza.Karim Khan, the ICC's chief prosecutor, shared the news with CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour on MondayAnne Herzberg, legal advisor of the pro-Israeli NGO Monitor, condemned the decision to pursue Israeli officials as 'abhorrent.
Khan said that the court was also seeking warrants for Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as two other top Hamas leaders—Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, the leader of the Al Qassem Brigades, better known as Mohammed Deif, as well as Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' political leader, CNN reported.The charges against Sinwar, and other Hamas leaders, include 'extermination, murder, taking of hostages, rape and sexual assault in detention.
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