It is now up to the judges of the International Criminal Court to determine whether the conditions are met to issue these arrest warrants requested by the Attorney General for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” in the Gaza Strip.
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Contrary to what we initially wrote in error, the International Criminal Court has not issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and three senior Hamas leaders. These are requisitions from the Prosecutor General of the ICC, whose judges must now rule on the question. We apologize to our readers.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) declared on Monday May 20 that he had requested an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in particular for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” committed in the Gaza strip. Contrary to what we initially wrote in error, these warrants were not directly issued by the International Criminal Court.
“Based on the evidence collected and reviewed by my office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav Gallant, the Minister of Defense of Israel, bear responsibility criminal offense of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the territory of the State of Palestine from at least October 8, 2023.declared in a press release the prosecutor of the ICC, who sits in The Hague in the Netherlands.
#ICC prosecutor @KarimKhanQC announces applications for arrest warrants in relation to Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in the context of the situation in the State of #Palestine ⤵️https://t.co/WqDZecXFZq pic.twitter.com/bxqLWc5M6u
— Int’l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) May 20, 2024
Three senior Hamas leaders are also affected by the request. They are Ismaïl Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political bureau, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas and Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Strip. Gaza.
The ICC prosecutor believes that they “bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the territory of Israel and the State of Palestine [dans la bande de Gaza] from October 7, 2023″, date of the Hamas attack on Israel. Among the alleged facts: “famine”, “intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population as a war crime” or “extermination and/or murder”.
It is now up to the judges of the International Criminal Court to determine whether the conditions are met to issue these arrest warrants requested by the Attorney General.