International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, His Defense Minister and Hamas Leader

The decision turns the Israeli prime minister and the others into internationally wanted suspects.

AP/Ohad Zwigenberg
Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses lawmakers in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, at Jerusalem. November 18, 2024. AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Prime Minister Netanyahu, his former defense minister, as well as Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory.

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