The Crossbill Team
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes.
Arrest warrants have also been applied for Israeli defence minister Yaov Gallant and three Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh.
In a statement, the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has explained the charges against these leaders, and said that his office has collected evidence in support.
The statement comes after Israel made a new push in central Gaza on Monday, bombarding towns in the north of the Strip and revealed its intention to broaden its military operation in Rafah despite US warnings of the risk of mass casualties in the southern city.
The Gaza health ministry had informed that at least 23 people had been killed in the latest fighting, and residents said battles were intense in Jabalia in the north of the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli tanks also carried out a limited incursion into areas of Wadi Al-Salqa and Al-Karara near Deir Al-Balah, a central Gazan city which Israeli forces have not entered during more than seven months of war, local residents said.
Despite talks of a conservative approach between the US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Israel, aggression by Israel continued. According to the White House, Sullivan had instructed Israeli forces to go after Hamas militants in Gaza in a targeted way, not with a full-scale assault on Rafah.
Defying calls by Sullivan, Israeli forces went all ballistic as the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant signalled that there would be no let-up in its operation, intended to clear Rafah of Hamas militants and rescue hostages seized in the Hamas-led raid on Israel on Oct. 7.
Arrest warrants have also been applied for Israeli defence minister Yaov Gallant and three Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh.
In a statement, the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has explained the charges against these leaders, and said that his office has collected evidence in support.
The statement comes after Israel made a new push in central Gaza on Monday, bombarding towns in the north of the Strip and revealed its intention to broaden its military operation in Rafah despite US warnings of the risk of mass casualties in the southern city.
The Gaza health ministry had informed that at least 23 people had been killed in the latest fighting, and residents said battles were intense in Jabalia in the north of the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli tanks also carried out a limited incursion into areas of Wadi Al-Salqa and Al-Karara near Deir Al-Balah, a central Gazan city which Israeli forces have not entered during more than seven months of war, local residents said.
Despite talks of a conservative approach between the US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Israel, aggression by Israel continued. According to the White House, Sullivan had instructed Israeli forces to go after Hamas militants in Gaza in a targeted way, not with a full-scale assault on Rafah.
Defying calls by Sullivan, Israeli forces went all ballistic as the Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant signalled that there would be no let-up in its operation, intended to clear Rafah of Hamas militants and rescue hostages seized in the Hamas-led raid on Israel on Oct. 7.
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