'Shame', 'disgusting', 'outrageous' – Rage in Israel over arrest warrants, fierce fighting in Gaza Strip

Fierce fighting continues between the Israeli army and members of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, with both sides resisting arrest warrants for their leaders requested by an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for the alleged commission of war crimes. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced yesterday that he requested the issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallad for crimes such as “deliberate starvation of civilians”, “intentional murder” and “extermination and/or murder”. during Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. It also called for arrest warrants against three Hamas leaders, Ismail Haniya, Mohammed Deif and Yahya Sinwar, accusing them of “extermination”, “rape and other forms of sexual violence” and “hostage kidnapping”, acts that constitute ” war crimes”. The Israeli prime minister rejected “with disgust the comparison by the Hague prosecutor of Israel”, a “democratic” country, with the […]
Source: News Beast

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