The International Criminal Court (ICC) has also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, Al Jazeera reports.
In a separate statement, the court also said that Deif, full name Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, is subject to international arrest and it “unanimously” decided to issue the warrant against him “for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes committed on the territory of the State of Israel and the State of Palestine from at least 7 October 2023”.
The alleged crimes include firing rockets at Israeli territory and the October 7 attack that saw over 1,000 Israelis killed.
Israel claims to have killed Deif, the longtime leader of Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, in an air strike this past July. That attack had struck tents housing displaced Palestinians and a water distillation plant, killing at least 90 people and wounding 300 others.
