The International Criminal Prosecutor calls on member states to implement arrest warrants news

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, called on the states party to the Rome Statute to implement what was stated in the arrest warrants issued by the court on Thursday, which included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, saying there were “reasonable grounds” to believe they committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.

The Prosecutor of the Court appealed to all states parties to fulfill their international obligations under the Rome Statute, and added that they are ready to cooperate with member states of the Rome Statute and non-member states to implement arrest warrants.

Khan, who was subjected to a major Israeli attack over the past few weeks as a result of his efforts to issue these memorandums, said, “We are deeply concerned about the escalation of violence and the decline in humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.”

In addition to Netanyahu and Gallant, the International Criminal Court today also issued an arrest warrant against the leader of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas), Muhammad al-Deif.

Welcome and condemnation

Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders condemned the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against him and Gallant, describing it as shameful and anti-Semitic. Washington also criticized it, while Hamas welcomed the arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant, describing it as an important historical precedent.

Important European countries, international figures, and human rights organizations were quick to adopt the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue two international arrest warrants against Netanyahu and his deposed Defense Minister Yoav Galant, on charges of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.

The International Criminal Court was legally established on July 1, 2002 under the Rome Statute, which entered into force on April 11 of the same year, and works to stop human rights violations by investigating genocide and war crimes.

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 148,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded – most of them children and women – and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters. In the world.

Israel continues its massacres, ignoring the UN Security Council resolution to end them immediately, and the orders of the International Court of Justice to take measures to prevent acts of genocide and improve the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza.