Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the International Criminal Court on Thursday after it issued arrest warrants for him and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant.

The ICC is accusing Netanyahu and Gallant of committing the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare, and crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts in Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the Iranian-backed group’s terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023.

Netanyahu and Gallant are now internationally wanted suspects, but Israel and the U.S. are not members of the court, although the European Union, France, Ireland, and other countries reportedly said they would honor the arrest warrants.

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