ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader

Israeli PM Netanyahu speaks at Knesset in Jerusalem

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court in The Hague said on Thursday that it had issued warrants for the arrest of Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (also known as Mohammed Deif) and Israel’s President Benjamin Netanyahu and its former defence minister Yoav Gallant.

The ICC said Israel’s acceptance of the court’s jurisdiction was not required.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling and Charlotte Van Campenhout; Writing by Makini Brice)