The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued several arrest warrants on Thursday for actors involved in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, and a Hamas official.
The court accuses them of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the over-year-long war in Gaza which followed Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack. Since then, Israel’s military ground and air campaigns in Gaza have killed over 43,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, and much of the territory is destroyed.
United Nations officials have warned that with more than 1.8 million Palestinians there experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, famine is imminent. Israel has been accused of blocking food and humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza. Israel has said it is committed to delivering aid and humanitarian assistance.
The court issued warrants of arrest against Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant “for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the Prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest.
