The International Criminal Court announced Wednesday that it had issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, and charged them with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The two men had for over a year overseen an immensely destructive war in Gaza that has since expanded into Lebanon and the West Bank.
A separate press release announced that an arrest warrant had also been issued for Muhammad Deif, Hamas' military chief, for crimes against humanity over his role in planning and executing the Oct. 7 attack and hostage-taking in southern Israel. The Israel Defense Forces said in August that it had killed him in an airstrike.
