World leaders split as ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu

PARIS: Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Turkiye — and rights groups — welcomed the move.
The court also issued warrants for Israel’s former defense minister as well as Hamas’s military chief Mohammed Deif.
They were issued in response to accusations of crimes against humanity and war crimes in Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, set off by the militant Palestinian group’s October 7, 2023 attack.