The UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, together with a former Hamas commander, citing allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Judges on the ICC said there were reasonable grounds that the three men bore "criminal responsibility" for the alleged 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 – the Court said in a press release.