00:00Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime
00:06Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Chief Yoav Galant, as well as a Hamas
00:12leader Ibrahim al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
00:18The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20th that he was seeking
00:24arrest warrants for alleged crimes connected to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas
00:31and the Israeli military response in Gaza.
00:35The ICC said Israel's acceptance of the court's jurisdiction was not required.
00:41Israel has rejected the jurisdiction of the Hague-based court and denies war crimes in
00:45Gaza.
00:47Israel has said it killed al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Daif, in airstrike but Hamas has
00:53neither confirmed nor denied this.
00:55The decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant are a mark of shame for
01:00the ICC, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday.
01:06There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu or Galant.
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