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Date: May 20th, 2024 8:09 AM Author: hot tanning salon CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST HOSTAGES 'AXIS OF RESISTANCE' THE GAZA STRIP HOUTHIS & THE RED SEA OCT. 7 ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas Leader Sinwar International court prosecutor says there were grounds to believe the men bore responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity Follow the WSJ in Apple News The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, a move that Israeli officials have warned could scuttle efforts to end the conflict in the enclave. An ICC court would need to decide whether to issue a warrant for their arrests. The court’s prosecutor said there were “reasonable grounds to believe that” Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant “bear criminal responsibility” for a series of “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” committed since at least Oct. 8, the day after the Hamas-led attack on Israel. Among the alleged crimes the court listed against the Israeli leaders was the willful killing of civilians, starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and persecution as a crime against humanity. More than 35,000 people have died in Gaza since the outbreak of fighting last year, most of them civilians, according to Palestinian officials. The figure doesn’t specify how many were combatants. The Biden administration has opposed an ICC move against Israeli leaders, saying it doesn’t believe the court has jurisdiction to rule on the case. A number of U.S. lawmakers have warned that if the court goes for Israeli officials, they would seek to sanction the court’s senior officials. The Israeli prime minister’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The country’s Foreign Ministry declined to comment. Netanyahu has said previously that “Israel will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense.” “The threat to seize the soldiers and officials of the Middle East’s only democracy and the world’s only Jewish state is outrageous,” he said last month. In a statement Monday, Karim A.A. Khan, the ICC prosecutor, also said that it had reasonable grounds to believe Hamas leaders Sinwar, as well as Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri and Ismail Haniyeh, bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel and the Gaza strip from at least Oct. 7, the day of the attacks on southern Israel that left 1,200 people dead. The crimes included extermination, murder, taking hostages, rape and sexual violence, the prosecutor said. Hamas didn’t respond to a request for comment. Write to Laurence Norman at laurence.norman@wsj.com WSJ | NEWSLETTERS WSJ News Debrief Stay informed with fewer emails. This free, occasional newsletter hits your inbox with only the biggest news. |