In an unprecedented and hugely controversial development, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan says he has requested arrest warrants from the judges of the court for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Khan says that the charges are for the crimes of “causing extermination, causing starvation as a method of war including the denial of humanitarian relief supplies, deliberately targeting civilians in conflict.”
Khan says he is also applying for arrest warrants against Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh.
“Today we have applied for warrants to the pretrial chamber of the international criminal court in relation to three individuals who are Hamas members,” says Khan listing Sinwar, Deif and Haniyeh.
He says they would be charged with extermination, murder, hostage taking, rape and sexual assault in detention.
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