ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas Leaders

He accuses the Hamas leaders of complicity in mass killings, kidnappings, rapes, and tortures, and charges the Israeli leaders with their own set of war crimes.

-FILE- In this Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019 file image the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb has been arrested on war crimes charges related to the conflict in Darfur more than 13 years after a warrant was issued for him, authorities said Tuesday. Kushayb surrended to authorities in a remote corner of northern Central African Republic, near the country's border with Sudan, International Criminal Court spokesman Fadi El Abdallah said. AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File

A prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague has issued calls for the arrest of Hamas leaders, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his cabinet.

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced on Monday that his office had collected and examined evidence sufficient to prosecute Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, as well as the leader of the Hamas terrorist group’s military wing, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, and Hamas’ political head Ismail Haniyeh, for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on Oct. 7, 2023.