ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced its intention to seek arrest warrants for senior Hamas and Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three top Hamas leaders: Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri. The warrants are sought over war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Israel-Gaza conflict. According to ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, he has reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant bear responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, willfully causing great suffering, serious injury to body or health, or cruel treatment. The prosecutor also believes that the three Hamas leaders are responsible for similar crimes. The ICC's decision has been met with outrage in Israel, with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz calling it "a historical disgrace." Netanyahu himself has described the move as "scandalous."