ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and three Hamas leaders

The international criminal court prosecutor's office says it has requested arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, his defence minister and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes.
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Prosecutor Karim Khan's office said it suspected all five - Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant and Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh - bore criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Israel or the Gaza Strip. Israel has denied committing war crimes in the ongoing war, triggered by the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October.
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[@user-ne7nn8xb5k]

Biden is also guilty

[@caring-assoul_]

🤣🥲 you wish

[@vstefe1280]

Of what?

[@carlogambino1979]

​@@vstefe1280 Of what?? How about sending weapons that have killed thousands of children. Complicit in genocide.

[@user-ne7nn8xb5k]

@@vstefe1280 Genocide

[@jonathanroger4705]

UK will blindly ignore this

[@Blive-m8]

Satanyahu must be held accountable

[@rochelimit55555]

he must rot in jail like Slobodan Milosevic

[@argonyuanlagansua1210]

Also SINwar and Sataniyeh

[@RawaHiz-mc2fs]

@@argonyuanlagansua1210 don't compare sinwar to satanywhu, defending the righteous land against genocidal is insane difference

[@argonyuanlagansua1210]

@@RawaHiz-mc2fs and the Israelis are defending theirs, it's a war of course there would be civillians getting killed. Hamas leaders also committed war crimes and atrocities

[@triola3983]

Correct, no comparison bewteen Israel and the devils from ha mas.​@RawaHiz-mc2fs

[@iansoelins]

That lady's frown is legit.

[@HeWhoMustNotBeNamedIsAlive]

😂😂😂

[@nickhobbs6514]

It's Judge Dredd from the 80s without his helmet. He's looking well.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

That is the kind of women you want as a prosecutor. Smiling doesn't even register to her😂😂😂

[@dimaignatiev6370]

where are these so called evidence?

[@somerandomperson8282]

This lady has mastered the literal opposite of a smile, her downturned mouth mirrors her frown perfectly.

[@TheClumsySpectre2]

👏👏👏 ICC. Seemingly the only one willing to take a stance on the side of humanity

[@13Liberty50]

IF they were taking a "side of humanity" then the United Nations would not have failed to start with. And everyone thinks WWII ended

[@TMGold60]

they should be arresting the UN/ UNWRA/ RED cross etc etc and obviously Iran and all terrorist regimes - putin too and now Turkeys PM who incites war!

[@alucardbrahmstone6659]

They request such in the comforts of their plush offices hahahahaha what a JOKE...they will issue the request for warrant of arrest and their not even the one going to make the arrest..who will enforce it pray tell? hahahahahahha what a bunch of buffoons.

[@rickpalmer9518]

deluded

[@adamgreenhill110]

​@@alucardbrahmstone6659At least they aren't funding a mass atrocity, in a plush office. Like Biden and UK parliament

[@markusleitner8313]

About time these war criminals are held accountable.

[@calumstewart7665]

I hope you mean on both sides of the conflict?

[@markusleitner8313]

@@calumstewart7665 I do

[@calumstewart7665]

​@@markusleitner8313good stuff! Didn't mean to offend, but I'm a bit sick of people ignoring the acts of one side whilst condemning the acts of another.

[@tradeorgohomef1648]

@@calumstewart7665nah bro. Both sides should and will be held accountable! Of course 40.000 is more than 1,300 but killing is killing no matter which side.

[@fazesw2343]

@@tradeorgohomef1648who started the war?

[@rb_67]

Nuremberg trials flip side begin.

[@Atrail_Mckinley4786]

The irony.....

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

@@Atrail_Mckinley4786Indeed. Fascists can arise from any group.

[@Concernedvigilante]

i never thought about that argument. my understanding is the israeli and united states governments are questioning the icj’s authority

[@fantastichound]

​@@Concernedvigilante Sure. The new rise of antisemitism after hundred years.

[@HAL-bo5lr]

@@ConcernedvigilanteThis is the ICC, not the ICJ. Two completely different courts.

[@jonahspiper]

Will they all be appearing in court on the same day? Pay per view.

[@meliw4142]

Lawd 😢

[@havanasyndrome3024]

From the river to the sea Israel going to ICC.

[@marspentacle751]

Icc has no jurisdiction.

[@SNEHAAAAAJee]

Amen 🙏 ❤

[@havanasyndrome3024]

@@marspentacle751 Wrong. Palestine is a member state of Rome statues. The ICC has juristiction if the aggressor or the victim is a member state. It's funny how the NATOnazis were celebrating ICC indicting Putin, which ICC has no authority to do, and pretending that was a valid arrest warrant, now trying to dismiss an actual valid arrest warrant. 😏

[@sidikahkhan2610]

Jilla jilla😂😂😂

[@charlie_zzz6456]

@@marspentacle751 Jurisdiction is made up according to how convenient it is. It is not the ICC who will sentence Israel and the USA, it’s the world.

[@ilyasVa]

What about Bush and Blair?

[@rizkhan3368]

Guilty as Sin

[@Discovery2024-rn8kn]

Too late for Rumsfeld, chief criminal

[@UserHandle454]

Can't arrest uncle Sam

[@Meh-qe4rw]

Add *Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio* for threatening the ICC please

[@cloaker416]

Not a war crime or crime against humanity

[@HiYaa.]

you missed the important guy..the American president!!😅

[@A_Biscuits]

US Presidents don't hold the same power as these lifelong dictators, they're just placeholders for 4-8 years.

[@naeemabdulhaq5547]

This is 7 months late. All osraeli war criminals need to be held accountable

[@fazesw2343]

War criminals for… winning a war?

[@TomerShemesh]

You mean absolutely no one

[@beanbon666]

Needed evidence and time but glad they're onto it

[@thedapperdanman9143]

Nothing from the Palestine side, no? They’ve done nothing wrong in your eyes?

[@the_unfiltered_truth7181]

Dream on kid.

[@Mustafa-yw7cl]

Let me guess, Pierce Morgan will debate this tonight but still manage to drop a "Do you condemn 7th of October attacks". The second you start talking about those same people that carried out the attacks were occupied for 57 years and put on an open air prison for simply being natives to the land, he will say we don't need to talk about the past, but will ask you to condemn the attacks by an occupied people approx. 230 days ago. Occupier can not use self-defence against those they occupy. That removes their "Israel has the right to defend itself" argument.

[@jackgathorne-hardy6894]

I dont agree that Hamas were acting in responce to conditions in Gaza, things are terrible there and the palastinans need there own state, however Hamas are an Iranian proxy state who desire to see palestinan's dead in order to further there cause in the levant

[@lylarose2696]

Everything you just spewed is an absolute lie.

[@triola3983]

"Open air prison" with luxury hotels and restaurants and 500km of tunnels 😂🤣

[@Mustafa-yw7cl]

@@triola3983 there were music events and football leagues in the german concentration camps, does that mean it wasn't concentration camp?

[@juliawang6267]

@@Mustafa-yw7cl there were 500km of tunnels in the concentration camp too?

[@MeleanDialogue]

....GW Bush, Tony Blair??

[@myla6135]

Sunak, Biden??

[@HeWhoMustNotBeNamedIsAlive]

Macaron, Zelensky??

[@ianclose123]

Skywalker and Vader

[@mwd331]

​@Big_munki he's already got one I think.

[@Jose-og909]

They tried, but huge sanctions and threatened to take out the judges so they let it slide ;)

[@user-lr2tl7my2n]

what about the rest?

[@si-rumy]

Perfect decision but two person is missing. Biden and risi sunak should be in list.

[@nielskorpel8860]

Have they committed crimes against humanity, or wat crimes, in (relation to) this conflict?

[@tonyfincham6126]

@@nielskorpel8860complicity by supplying the means to carry out their crimes

[@nielskorpel8860]

@@tonyfincham6126 is that among such crimes? Asking because I don't know.

[@davidcurrie8564]

I couldn't agree more! Sunak most of all !! he's too busy punishing the poor disabled people of Britain!

[@ddandymann]

@@tonyfincham6126 That's not a war crime according to any international law or established norm. Is it morally deplorable? Sure, but it's not a war crime.

[@paulmoses23]

What about Bush & Blair?

[@nickhobbs6514]

didn't you know, history started on October 7th 2023?

[@MrDamodee]

my thoughts exactly

[@ZakGriffiths-zq9lj]

I think Bush and Blair should also be prosecuted, but so should Netanyahu - I still celebrate the news action is being taken against Netanyahu, even if it is short of the actions I would like (arresting all war criminals, including Bush and Blair)

[@aiapihud4344]

working on it

[@iamintowater]

Neither Iraq nor the US signed, so it's not ICC jurisdiction. And even if Bush were somehow convicted, he'd never get arrested, look up the Hague Invasion Act.

[@alibenabdessalem3654]

It is simply disgusting how some people continue to try to justify the crimes of Netanyahu and his regime 🤮🤮🤮

[@stevenmartin8828]

👈🤡Since when was defending your country after it was attacked a crime?? Every death since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on 7th October WHEN THIS WAR REALLY DID START. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE IS IRRELEVANT.

[@jameshenderson4876]

Absolutely right. And to justify the crimes of Hamas.

[@greatman5836]

​@@jameshenderson487675 years ago

[@user-tc1ui8qd4y]

@@jameshenderson4876 And justification for genocide

[@steoderfragt1821]

@@user-tc1ui8qd4y Genocide? Nope. Maybe dont start a war and mabye dont try to hide behind civilians?

[@MickeyPickney-dc6tj]

The Summer Song 2024: "From the mountain to the sea, Israel go to ICC" ❤️

[@Nahjitwhat]

From the mountains to the sea, Palestine will never be seen ❤

[@nielskorpel8860]

And this is what coexistence politics looks like, apparently.

[@nanomunu]

I’m sorry but all the crimes that are listed under Hamas also applies to Israel. They have more than 9000 Palestinians in their jails without charges or trumped up charges including hundreds of children and women, they have been physically and sexually assaulted. Who will answer for that?

[@startrain1]

Bingo. Your comment deserves an award

[@SetWillBill]

You meant the convicted criminals in the Israeli jail.

[@MyUniqueVibe]

@@SetWillBill So S/A is justified?

[@captainwin6333]

Throw Bibi in the jail, throw Bibi in the jail

[@chirpush]

☪️ANCER

[@Meh-qe4rw]

What about *Ben Gvir & Smotrich?* Let’s not give these ultra right wing monsters a pass.

[@josephrandle9952]

about time someone spoke the truth

[@ugura9]

Protection for Mr.Khan now. For the hole time till , Netanjahu is in jail. Many thanks

[@topg1084]

They forgot Ben Gavir the demon

[@akrenwinkle]

Funny, I don't recall an arrest warrant for Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Wolfie, Condi.

[@SubwayStreetvendorblocki-hn1wy]

What about an array warrant for Hillary, Bill, and chuck schumer

[@akrenwinkle]

@@SubwayStreetvendorblocki-hn1wy Not a bad idea.

[@knightnight1894]

Finally, a long delayed the justice call.

[@jackjames7283]

it's a joke

[@toninotonnato7776]

Am I the only one thinking this looks like a cut-scene from a videogame?

[@Sasanthropas]

There should be one for Sunak and Biden too.

[@brianmann7208]

I think Iran's President is now taken off that list😄

[@AdventureNYC]

I think they faked their deaths to avoid prosecution

[@aiapihud4344]

lawl

[@christopher.stewart]

as if death were a laughing matter… and it's not as if he was on the list in the first place anyhow…

[@internetisinteresting7720]

Someone call Batman to take Netanyahu and bring it to the ICC

[@RIMJANESSOHMALOOG]

Ok, but how long does it take?

[@chriscaprice]

This is outrageous. If anyone should be charged its Ben G’vir.

[@benboyko6782]

A bit late to try to be playing referee at this point.

[@user-bn6lm8ng3v]

Would you rather they never do it?

[@shaabandaud1173]

Nutty Nyahoo jas said plethora of times that no one can stop him now I guess he will only be able to visit only Yankee backyard and not elsewhere.

[@jmc4935]

As an American, I want his behind thrown in jail. No safe haven for war criminals.

[@13Liberty50]

International crimes? it is the United Nations that failed. "There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation." -George Washington

[@dublinfitzpatrick7838]

No one will act on these charges???

[@zeinabdaudyahoomagudo7211]

Nyatayahu and his minister of defence should jailed for life

[@stevenmartin8828]

👈🤡WHAT FOR? DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY AFTER IT WAS ATTACKED?? TRY HARDER 🤡

[@aiapihud4344]

..thats probably gonna be the end result of the tribunal yes

[@cgas7344]

Alot of bark but no bite unfortunately

[@Philrc]

Where are the arrest warrants? It's been 2 weeks it doesn't take that long they've already got the evidence. Issue the arrest warrants NOW!!!

[@YoramAizenberg]

😅 Lucky there was no ICC in World War II because then they would have issued an arrest warrants for Churchill and Roosevelt because of the bombings of Dresden, Nuremberg and Berlin

[@ghostme5743]

💀

[@aa-fk2cz]

😂😂 and to your mother because 😅 get a smart person as u 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tragedyflow]

Also Truman who nuked japan resulting in a lot more civilian deaths than all of those bombings combined...

[@steveh.7664]

Where’s the arrest warrants for Putin and Kim Jung Un

[@donjowansafadi8739]

Is this a serious question?

[@blak_r3992]

Please get an education

[@steveh.7664]

@@donjowansafadi8739 yeah it’s serious. I want to see arrest warrants for all of the war criminals in the world. Why are we only getting Netanyahu and Hamas?

[@supernt7852]

@@steveh.7664putin already has arrest warrants for him for his actions in ukraine

[@steveh.7664]

@@supernt7852 when are they going to arrest Putin, do you know?

[@mdean3801]

dont forget the hostages in israel's captivity.., or murderous settlers and the west bank.

[@chrisd3710]

You don't see crimes against humanity staring you in the face

[@anibalsinalma1364]

Que sea hecha justicia.

[@theenlightenedone1283]

*Humanity First* *Love* for all hatred for none Preach *Empathy*

[@user-fx3lv8im7f]

No chance m8!

[@khava007]

Bibi will come out ...unscathed😅 Raisi is Histori😅

[@sukhibanur6502]

These judges look is horrifying

[@pascallebreton8181]

Very thx you mister the procuror and South Africa , vive la justice

[@davidbowden8362]

Wonder who he supports?.

[@iamintowater]

this isn't a sports game where you cheer for some team. neither side should be supported, both have committed war crimes.

[@hakuofthesand]

The spoiled child in the neighborhood is going to jail.. waiting to see how the dad will react!

[@UserHandle454]

USA?

[@Greenwood900]

thank you karim for your fearlessness and being fair

[@theenlightenedone1283]

*We need to adapt the kindness and mercy of Jacob ( Israel ) and Joseph* -an enlightened Israelite

[@skidbladnir]

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King

[@theenlightenedone1283]

Respect ❤ salute sir 🙏🏻😇

[@abduhafiz6581]

Very serious people

[@user-cz1pk8ru2j]

Meh they lack a lot jurisdiction where it matters tho

[@captainwin6333]

@@user-cz1pk8ru2j But they have jurisdiction in Palestine because the Palestinians signed up to the ICC some years ago. No luck Bibi etc.

[@jmc4935]

​@@user-cz1pk8ru2jthis only fuels the ICJ case. This is a symbolic defeat for Bibi and his coalition because they're now associated with genocide and extermination.

[@speicaldark]

Very well said. Time to take a stand

[@jackjames7283]

and do what ICC can't do jack.

[@turkishmusashi7425]

Put Netanyahu in JAIL for 190 years !!

[@matmatteo8238]

Well done. Netanyahu and those who support him must be held accountable.

[@jackjames7283]

like that's ever going to happen.

[@RodneyBrown-yb5jt]

When they was asked to pull up ,back and they Saud no faith was sealed.

[@michaelscarn4133]

Karim “Khan”, that quoted word is important, if you know you know 😂

[@Mr80jb]

Somebody tell him it is a war😮

[@hakshustletv]

They should look into what's going on in Congo as well.

[@okerror1451]

who are the two grumpy people in the background LOL One is really upset. And the other is not angry, just disappointed.

[@TerryElioth]

Legal team

[@allgood6760]

Pretty surreal demands and I agree with the ICC👍😠

[@salmaniazi9424]

I think he is changing Israel Crimes on Hamas . 😂

[@marcusonesimus3400]

You put that in a most confusing way. You seem to imply that he is holding Hamas accountable for Israeli crimes, which would be one of most disgustingly amoral claims I have heard during this entire crisis. But I have heard it before. Some said that Hamas was 'driven' to do what it did on Oct. 7th. People who think that way must believe in their hearts that Palestinians have no capacity for moral reasoning or self-control, but act out of brute instinct like beasts. And what's more they think this is OK. They clain to support the Palestinian cause, but their view of Palestinians is incredibly patronizing. May it be that you meant something else entirely.

[@aiapihud4344]

@@marcusonesimus3400 I don't rly know, but the way most ppl view palestinians is about the same way they view native americans or african-americans: in the racist way of "we must save those poor, helpless and incapable of thinking for themselves palestinians" Can't say I agree with that sentiment, the fact of the matter is geopolitics played out between Israel and Palestine more than ppl would like to believe.

[@jolie1865]

EXACTLY !!

[@sarahmk2966]

Why did you cut out his charges against Hamas??

[@dhufangmocsor7093]

they have it on another clip. but read the title. they didnt forget the hamas leader.

[@chrissatryfona7843]

Fantastic that they’re doing this but the weird staring makes this look like a skit.

[@adennis200]

I totally agree. There is no doubt that both sides are involved and responsible for atrocious war crimes.

[@robertbiondo]

The world has seriously gone mad

[@n.j8622]

The right behind guy didn't blink eyes, how he succeed to do it

[@TerryElioth]

He has that cold stare. Should have had two like him instead of that lady.

[@Catreturn]

So basically saying, Netanyahu should stay in power or risk getting arrested.

[@jackjames7283]

more like staying in his own country or go to other country that are no apart of the ICC

great!

[@jackjames7283]

not really.

[@bernadineseven]

Unequivocally

[@JuanValentino-yu1ft]

ICC prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan . What else do people need to know .

[@gw6887]

Hamas is laughing over this ruling

[@harshavijay3517]

Why are those 2 staring? Staring at what srsly? 😂

[@testplmnb]

Netanyahu be like: but that's antisemitism!

[@ahmedkafuad7360]

Correctly

[@sahinovic37]

Surprised that Ben Gavir is not included but he may be in next Shipment😀

[@evanb4189]

What has he done? Being far-right isn't a crime.

[@dangleeboars9781]

I was going to say what about Putin but i then remembered hes already a proud member of the war crimes club

[@meatrealwishes]

Russians are upset that his case is about child abduction instead of genocide.

[@Moe-bb3bm]

What a joke

[@JayMacss]

Is this fr or AI?

[@heisenburger1_]

It's real

[@elyrexo]

I don't think the two at the back are cut out for stand-up

[@bobbithbrown]

it's concerning how this comment thread is only cheering for one side of this

[@raybo632]

Benjamin N. Gave ample warning ⚠ for the people to get out of Gasa. That there would be casualties to civilians. Hamas attacks on October 7th.

[@chqadduss1018]

goid men

[@Y_thou]

👏🏼

[@Marblegate]

Literal stuffed suites with an AI accent

[@Honestyontap.]

Free the hostages

[@janwedeler828]

Free the Palestinian hostages.. FREE PALESTINE.

[@jolie1865]

Free Israel !!

[@Llllltgyh]

This will send a strong message. Well done ICC for not taking sides.

[@laylachisom8996]

Throw the keys away for netanayhu

[@clairee4939]

This seems fair-hand even if the protesters cannot be

[@wullieg7269]

Not Wrong

[@williemacdonald72]

About time.

[@JayDen-hr2se]

Throw bibi in jail immediately

[@Mark-Singleton]

Why do people keep referring to him by his friends & family pet name will never cease to bamboozle me 😵‍💫

[@janwedeler828]

@@Mark-Singleton bibi name is nenjamine mileikowsky from Polen.

[@HustleNGrow331]

Add rishi sunak

[@ahappyyotubeuser9851]

2:55 he is un-bisase at all with shaking voice said: "Territory if Isreal and the state of palestine"...