May 20, (THEWILL) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hamas leaders including Yahya Sinwar, over charges of war crimes.
The Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Court, Karim Khan, said Netanyahu, Israel’s Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant and three other Hamas leaders including Yehya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, were responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A statement issued by the ICC accused Netanyahu and Gallant of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and “intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as a war crime.”
Sinwar, Al-Masri and Haniyeh were accused of murder as a crime against humanity, acts of sexual violence and taking hostages as a war crime.
Khan has said that there is ground to believe the men involved bear responsibility for war crimes from the start of Israel’s military action in Gaza.
“The effects of the use of starvation as a method of warfare, together with other attacks and collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza, are acute, visible and widely known.” He also said that Hamas’s actions on 7 October “demand accountability”, he added.
The ICC has been investigating Israel’s actions in Gaza for the past three years.
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