The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjmain Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday.
Announcing the warrants on X, formerly Twitter, the court said: “ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.”
Israel had filed an official objection to the ICC regarding the legality of the prosecutor’s request to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant in September.
The warrants are for alleged war crimes.
Another warrant was issued for the arrest of Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al Masri.
