World reacts to ICC prosecutor seeking Israel, Hamas arrest warrants

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Published 2024-05-20

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants against top Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday that his office had applied for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders for alleged crimes committed during the Hamas-led October 7 attack on southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza. Khan announced that his office had "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant bear "criminal responsibility" for "war crimes and crimes against humanity." Khan also applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders – Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri (also known as Deif) – for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports. Our team of correspondents around the world are following all the latest developments on this story. We will be getting reactions from Mohammed Jamjoom in Amman, Jordan with the Israeli response to the news. Internationally, we have Gabriel Elizondo standing by at the United Nations and Patty Culhane at the US State Department. First, we go to Step Vassen, who is live for us at The Hague.

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All Comments (21)

@Koshy210 13 days ago

The anti semitism excuse is getting old
@prisonbreak4147 13 days ago

Anthony Hypocrite Blinken should be on the list
@openleft4214 13 days ago

Love how Israel calls everyone antisemitic
@khalidalaudin616 13 days ago

The US should also be accused of criminally threatening the ICC.
@billisenberger7112 13 days ago

It is high time Netanyahu's impunity for crimes against humanity came to an end. The ICC should also seek warrants for Blinken and Biden for their complicity.
@padghd 13 days ago

What about Biden?!?!! 😡😡😡
@realdeal7074 13 days ago

Antisemitic oh shut up!!!
@brianferguson7840 12 days ago

The US complained that the ICC didn't let the Israelis "Conduct their own investigation" ! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@thomaslee1982 13 days ago

offended by everything, ashamed of nothing
@hedvigforever 13 days ago

Put Blinken and Gevir on the ICC List too
@prisonbreak4147 13 days ago

Ben Gevir should be on the list
@aboubacarsissoko812 13 days ago

He killed 35000 civilians and expect no charges from icc. When this first happened the entire world beg him not to do this he still did it now it’s time to answer to the international court
@ozeeo 12 days ago

always outraged, never ashamed! Israel has become far far worse than apartheid SouthAfrica.
@TahmKench4life 13 days ago

Arrest Biden as well
@khalilahmad9523 13 days ago

US still acts like cowboys even against ICC
@michaelh4227 13 days ago

Bibi sounds more and more unhinged each day. He's still crying about his "decisive victory" which he still doesn't define properly.
@darrenalie1255 13 days ago

Netanyahoo must be held accountable for the genocide of the Palestinians,period .
@SA-km3oh 13 days ago

How about the complicit western leaders? 🤔
@GladiatorDravenADC 13 days ago

Bush Blair Obama Clinton etc should be behind bars as well
@Tina-qn8bg 13 days ago

No warrant for Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, Benny Gantz what a joke 😂