Welcome to the news hour in an unprecedented announcement. The International Criminal

Court today said it was seeking warrants to arrest not only the leaders of Hamas, but

also the elected leadership of Israel, on charges of war crimes and crimes

against humanity.

President Biden called it outrageous, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it

a quote, blood libel, but prosecutor Kareem Khan defended his decision.

Nick Schifron starts our coverage.

My office charges Netanyahu and Galand as co-perpetrators.

From the Hague today devastating and divisive allegations by

International Criminal Court prosecutor Corinne Khan,

accusing Israel of, quote,

intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population,

and quote, starvation of civilians

as a method of warfare and requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

and Defence Minister Joav Galant.

These individuals, through a common plan, have systematically deprived the civilian population of Gaza of objects

indispensable to human survival.

At the same time the ICC also seeks arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yaya Sinwar and military

branch leader Mohammed Dafe on the right, both of whom are hiding in Gaza, and

political bureauhead Ishmael Haniya who lives openly in Qatar for killing more than 1,200 and kidnapping

more than 250 on October the 7th.

There are reasonable grounds to believe that these three Hamas leaders are criminally responsible for the killing of Israeli

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