The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants requested in May by the court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes.
The arrest warrants are classified “secret”, but the court made part of the information public because “it appears that behavior similar to that envisaged in the arrest warrant is being implemented”, affirms the Court international criminal law in a press release. “.
“The House issued arrest warrants for two individuals, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed at least between October 8, 2023 and at least May 20, 2024, the day the office of the prosecutor presented the requests. for arrest warrants,” the court said in a statement.
More than 44,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since October 2023 and thousands are under the rubble, according to local authorities, who denounce that Israel is attacking the houses and buildings where the displaced are housed, as well as the tent camps of those who have relocated.
