00:00The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister
00:04Benjamin Netanyahu.
00:06The court says it wants to try Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a top Hamas
00:10militant on war crimes charges.
00:13These are connected to Hamas' October 2023 attack that triggered the war in Gaza and
00:18Israeli military actions inside the territory since then.
00:23Gaza health authorities say the death toll from that offensive has now risen above 44,000
00:29people.
00:30In the short term, Netanyahu does not face any imminent risk of arrest.
00:36The ICC does not have any jurisdiction in Israel.
00:39Israel is not a member of the court, so it cannot send anyone here to arrest him.
00:45Nonetheless, this is a significant development.
00:47For starters, it's embarrassing.
00:49The Israeli leader is now the focus of an international criminal warrant.
00:55But also on a practical level, Netanyahu will have to think twice before traveling
01:00abroad.
01:01Some of Israel's closest allies, these include the UK, France, Italy and others, are members
01:08of the court and they could be obligated to arrest him if he steps foot on their soil.
01:13Netanyahu remains defiant.
01:15He has condemned this decision with disgust.
01:19He says the war against Hamas is justified and he is vowing to press on.
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