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Thursday, November 21, 2024

The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the county's former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas leader Mohammed Deif for alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war. The warrants put Netanyahu and Gallant at risk of arrest if they travel abroad. There have been unconfirmed reports that Deif may have been killed by Israel. The court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, had requested the arrest warrants in May, saying there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore "criminal responsibility" for causing mass starvation in Gaza that constituted war crimes and crimes against humanity. On Thursday the court said it had found reasonable grounds to believe that Deif was responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, torture, rape and hostage taking.

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Further from BBC (www.bbc.com):

It will now be up to the ICC's 124 member states - which do not include Israel or its ally, the United States - to decide whether or not to enforce the warrants.
In May, the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan sought warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Deif and two other Hamas leaders who have since been killed, Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar. Although Israel believes Deif has also been killed, the chamber said it was not able to confirm his death.
The prosecutor's case against them stems from the events of 7 October 2023, when Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 others back to Gaza as hostages.
Israel responded to the attack by launching a military campaign to eliminate Hamas, during which at least 44,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Mr Khan accused the Hamas leaders of crimes against humanity and war crimes including extermination, murder, the taking of hostages, rape and torture.
For the Israeli leaders, the accusations included deliberate attacks on civilians, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war, as well as extermination and murder.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-11-21 07:55 AM | Reply

Good. Let Justice be done.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-11-21 08:28 AM | Reply

Lying to, cheating, stealing from, raping, murdering and extermination of non-chosen are all legislated in the Talmud and/or Torah.
So it's no surprise when those permissions are found embedded into the social and legal fabric of a Zionist ethno-supremacist state.

#3 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2024-11-21 08:33 AM | Reply

This would be great news if the ICC had the power to actually do something and arrest these criminals. As it is they just have slightly limited vacation options.

#4 | Posted by qcp at 2024-11-21 08:38 AM | Reply

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