Israel described this Monday as “unfounded blood libel” A request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

“The ICC Prosecutor’s Unfounded Blood Libel Against Israel “has crossed a red line in its legitimate attempts at war against the only Jewish state and the only democracy in the Middle East,” he told the agency. EFE Israeli officer.

Israel claims that the arrest warrant requested by prosecutor Karim Khan, which also involves Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, “will not deter Israel from defending itself and achieve all your just military goals.”

Khan also called for arrests Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza; Mohamed Deif, the top commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the Islamist group’s military wing, and Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas politburo who was in exile in Qatar.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz He called this measure “scandalous.” and ordered the “immediate” creation of a special committee “with all professional elements” to fight this decision, which, in his opinion, “seeks to tie the hands of the State of Israel and deprive it of the right to self-defense.” »

Katz considered ordering the arrest of Israeli officials along with the “disgusting monsters” of Hamas This is a “historical shame.”

“To draw parallels between the leaders of a democratic country determined to defend itself against despicable terrorism and the leaders of a murderous terrorist organization is a profound perversion of justice and a flagrant moral bankruptcy,” War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz previously said.

Gantz insisted that Israel complies with international law during the fighting in the Gaza Strip and that it has an “independent and reliable” judiciary.

Among the crimes for which both Israeli officials are responsible are the use of starvation as a “method of war” against civilians and “deliberate killings.”

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Israel, like the United States or China, signed but did not ratify the Rome Statute, establishing the International Criminal Court. The extent of Prosecutor Khan’s actions is unclear.

(EFE)