The group says the decision is “an important precedent” that means “correcting a long history of historical injustices.”
Nov 21. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) applauded this Thursday the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against the “terrorists” Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant and stressed that it represents “correcting a long path of historical injustices” against the Palestinian people.
Thus, the group has said that the decision represents “an important historical precedent” after “a suspected ignorance of the atrocious violations” against the Palestinians “during 76 years of fascist occupation,” according to a statement reported by the Palestinian newspaper ‘Filastin’, linked to Hamas.
In this sense, he has called on the organization to “expand the framework” of action when seeking accountability to “encompass all leaders of the criminal occupation”, including “ministers and fascist officials” responsible for the “outpouring of blood” and “the most heinous acts of murder, terrorism and starvation known in modern history.
“We also call on all countries in the world to cooperate with the tribunal so that the Zionist war criminals, Netanyahu and Gallant, are brought to justice and to immediately put an end to the crimes of genocide against defenseless civilians in the Gaza Strip.” , has riveted.
The statement was published shortly after the ICC issued arrest warrants against the Prime Minister of Israel and its former Minister of Defense, recently dismissed, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated within the framework of the military offensive launched more than a year ago on the Gaza Strip.
The court in The Hague, which has rejected the appeals presented by Israel and has ruled that it has jurisdiction in the case, believes that there is evidence that both Netanyahu and Gallant knowingly sought to leave the Gazan population without elements “indispensable for their survival.” and blocking the entry of aid, also hindering the work of humanitarian organizations.
The judges believe that Netanyahu and Gallant may be “criminally responsible” for using starvation as a method of warfare, as well as murders, other inhumane acts and persecution that would fall under the category of crimes against humanity. He also reproaches them that indiscriminate attacks against the civilian population may have been committed under their command.
The court has also ordered the arrest of the head of the military wing of Hamas, Mohamed Diab al Masri, known as ‘Abú Deif’, after other leaders of the Islamist group previously identified, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniye, have lost their lives in the last months in Israeli operations. Israel has presumed him dead, although the group has not officially confirmed this.
The ICC Prosecutor’s Office had requested the arrest of all of them last May, so the scope of the crimes investigated will go from October 2023 until the date of intervention of the office headed by prosecutor Karim Khan, who in recent years For months he had asked the court on several occasions to rule on this case as soon as possible.
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