The measure also applies to former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who is held responsible for organizing massive bombings by Zionist air forces against the Palestinian population in Gaza, resulting in more than 43,970 deaths and some 104,000 wounded.

According to the ICC judges, there are sufficient elements to hold Netanyahu and Gallant personally responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as for the famine in the aforementioned coastal enclave and the persecution of Palestinians.

At the same time, the ICC found that one of the leaders of the Hamas resistance movement, Ibrahim Al-Masri, was allegedly guilty of the murder of Israelis on October 7, 2023, when that organization launched actions against the Israeli occupation.

The prosecutor of the aforementioned justice body based in The Hague, Karim Khan, announced on May 20 his intention to impose arrest warrants for alleged crimes against leaders of Israel and Hamas, whose organization expressed satisfaction with the legal action against Tel Aviv.

Israel claims that it killed Al-Masri in an airstrike organized by the Mossad intelligence service, reported the capital television.

The ICC is made up of the 27 countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the territories of the Palestinian National Authority and Jordan, among others.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have almost completely destroyed Gaza’s health service, after targeting many of the enclave’s hospitals, under the pretext of carrying out attacks against Hamas members.

In addition, United Nations organizations denounced that Israel prevents the arrival of more than 70 percent of the aid sent to Gaza by international entities.

More than 80 percent of the fatalities caused by Israeli attacks in Gaza were women and children.

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