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International Criminal Court (ICC) Seeks Arrest Warrants for Hamas Leaders, Bibi Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant

05/20/2024 Ms. G World 0

The ICC announced today they will seek arrest warrants against top Hamas and Israeli leaders for their conduct on and after October 7th.

International Criminal Court (ICC) seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Israel's prime minister Netanyahu and minister of defense Gallant for war crimes

Reasons: extermination, starvation, deliberately targeting civilians, prevention of aid and more pic.twitter.com/sGzxR2JZS1
— Furkan Gözükara (@GozukaraFurkan) May 20, 2024

BREAKING: The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. pic.twitter.com/oS2e3bf8qE
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 20, 2024

For the top Hamas leaders, including the Hamas founder, Yahya Sinwar, the warrant charges Sinwar, and two other top Hamas leaders with extermination, murder, taking of hostages, and rape and sexual assault of hostages while in detention.

Meanwhile, the chief prosecutor will also be seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Gallant charging them with denying humanitarian aid into Gaza and using mass starvation as a “method of war.”

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has announced he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders. pic.twitter.com/Vumnclb5QQ
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 20, 2024

This from the International Criminal Court is pretty devastating for the Israeli government in general and Netanyahu and Defence minister Gollant in particular – and yes for Hamas leaders too pic.twitter.com/HazYJ7re61
— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) May 20, 2024

International Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu. Below is a letter signed by Republican senators and lawmakers dated 24th April, threatening judges at the ICC, if warrants were issued for any Israeli official. Should be interesting to see how it plays out. pic.twitter.com/uZN13oPYou
— Esheru (@EsheruKwaku) May 20, 2024

World exclusive: In major breaking news, International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC tells me @IntlCrimCourt is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others on charges of war crimes and crimes against… pic.twitter.com/WOeWeGmy0o
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) May 20, 2024