The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requested on Monday arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip. Karim Khan said in a statement that he was seeking arrest warrants for Benyain Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes including “deliberately starving civilians,” “intentional homicide” and “deliberately starving civilians.” extermination and/or murder.
“We affirm that the crimes against humanity referred to in the petitions were part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against the Palestinian civilian population in pursuit of the policy of an organization. According to our findings, some of these crimes continue to be committed,” Karim Khan said.
Charges against Hamas leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, the movement’s leader, include “extermination,” “rape and other forms of sexual violence” and “hostage-taking as a war crime.” “. “We affirm that the crimes against humanity referred to in the petitions were a continuation of a widespread and systematic attack carried out by Hamas and other armed groups in pursuit of the policies of an organization,” is written in the press release.
Information to remember
⇒ ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza
⇒ Israel argued before Washington its “duty” to extend the offensive to Rafah
⇒ Israeli raids on positions of pro-Iranian groups in Syria left six dead
Israel argues before Washington its “duty” to extend the offensive to Rafah
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told an American envoy visiting Israel on Monday that his country had a “duty” to expand its ground military offensive in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip. During a meeting in Tel Aviv with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, “I stressed to him Israel’s duty to expand the ground operation in Rafah, to dismantle Hamas and to bring back the hostages”, indicates the minister in a message on X.
Sunday in Jerusalem Jake Sullivan called on Benjamin Netanyahu to accompany military operations with a “political strategy” for the future of the Gaza Strip, where Hamas took power in 2007. Benny Gantz, member of the war cabinet, threatened to resign if an “action plan” for the post-war in Gaza was not adopted quickly.
Incessant Israeli strikes on Gaza
Israeli army warplanes and helicopters carried out intense strikes on the Gaza Strip before dawn on Monday. In the northern Gaza Strip, military aircraft carried out pre-dawn strikes on the Zeitoun and Sabra neighborhoods of Gaza City, and one of them hit a house, according to Gaza correspondents. AFP and doctors. Helicopters bombed the Jabalia refugee camp, where fighting continues after the army said Hamas had regained a foothold. In the center of the small, overpopulated Palestinian territory, the Al-Bureij camp and Deir al-Balah (center) were the target of air raids.
And in the south, a strike hit a house in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah, killing three and wounding eight, according to hospital sources. Rafah was also targeted by Israeli naval fire, witnesses said.
In this context, the Islamist movement Hamas lost a great ally to the Palestinian cause, Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi, killed in a helicopter accident on Sunday in the northwest of the country. It was under his presidency that Iran carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel, its sworn enemy, on April 13, launching 350 drones and missiles, most of which were intercepted, in retaliation for a deadly strike against the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
Six dead in Syria in Israeli raids
At least six fighters from pro-Iranian groups were killed on Monday in strikes attributed to Israel on their positions in central Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said. According to this NGO based in the United Kingdom but which has an important network of sources in Syria, “an Israeli strike targeted a Lebanese Hezbollah position” in the Qoussair region, close to the border with Lebanon.
The Israeli army has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria since the outbreak of the civil war there in 2011, mainly targeting military positions and pro-Iranian fighters.
Israel rarely comments on the strikes it carries out in Syria but regularly repeats that it will not allow its sworn enemy, Iran, to increase its presence in this country.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon: at least 4 dead in Hezbollah ranks
A source close to Lebanese Hezbollah also indicated that at least four fighters from the pro-Iranian formation were killed this Monday in Israeli strikes on two localities in southern Lebanon, the scene of daily exchanges of fire with the army. Israeli.