The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said he will seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders.
LONDON — The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said Monday he will seek arrest warrants for top leaders from both Israel and Hamas.
The charges Netanyahu and Gallant could face for their role in Israel's current Gaza military campaign include international attacks on a civilian population, murder, persecution and starvation. Khan said the Israeli state under Netanyahu and its military under Gallant have deprived civilians in Gaza of"all objects indispensable to human survival.
In a statement, President Biden called the application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders"outrageous," saying,"And let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security."Also in a statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S."fundamentally rejects" the call for arrest warrants.
Although Israel's government does not recognize the ICC, responses to the prosecutor's move suggest an acknowledgment of its significance, and there is anger that Israel's democratically elected leadership had been placed on a par with Hamas officials. Previous heads of state to face ICC warrants have included Russian President Vladimir Putin, indicted for seizing Ukrainian children, the late Muammar Gaddafi from Libya, and former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, who was accused of genocide.
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