The ICC’s Pre-Trial Chamber I issued warrants of arrest for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant "for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the Prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest”, it confirmed in a statement Thursday.
The arrest warrants mean that those accused could face arrest should they travel to one of the ICC’s 124 member states.
On Friday, Major General Hossein Salami described the warrants as “a great victory” for the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance, noting that the regime has become isolated.
“This meant the political end of the Zionist regime,” he said, adding that “No one except the American officials will travel there anymore.”
He urged “all the Muslim countries” to stop helping this regime so it fully collapses.
“The economic arteries of the regime must be closed, and we say, especially to the Muslim governments, close the land, sea and air routes of economic and military aid to this regime.”
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