Wakuu,
Mahakama ya Kimataifa ya Uhalifu (ICC) imetoa hati za kukamatwa kwa Waziri Mkuu wa Israeli, Benjamin Netanyahu, na waziri wa zamani wa ulinzi, Yoav Gallant, kwa makosa ya
uhalifu dhidi ya ubinadamu na
uhalifu wa kivita.
Uamuzi huu unamaanisha kwamba nchi 124 wanachama wa ICC zinapaswa kuwakamata Netanyahu na Gallant watakapokanyaga katika maeneo yao.
Soma pia:
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Mahakama hiyo pia ilidai kuwa walikusudia na walijua kwamba Netanyahu na Gallav waliwanyima raia wa Gaza chakula, maji, dawa, vifaa vya matibabu, mafuta, na umeme kwa makusudi.
Netanyahu alikataa madai hayo akiyaita “ya kipuuzi na ya uwongo” na akasema ni “upotoshaji.”
Israel pia imepinga mamlaka ya ICC kwa kusema kuwa nchi nyingine za kidemokrasia hazijawahi kutendewa kwa njia ya upendeleo mbaya kama hiyo, huku ikisisitiza kwamba inaheshimu utawala wa sheria.
Aidha, ICC pia imetoa hati ya kukamatwa kwa kiongozi wa Hamas, Mohammed Deif, kwa makosa ya uhalifu dhidi ya ubinadamu na uhalifu wa kivita.
Hata hivyo, Israel ilidai Agosti kwamba ilimuua Deif katika shambulio la anga lililofanyika Gaza mwezi mmoja kabla.
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In a blockbuster ruling that shook the military, diplomatic, and legal worlds, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday.
The ICC cited reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant committed the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare, and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts.
While Israel and the US condemned the ruling – which is the first time the court has issued arrests for officials from a democratic state – as biased, or going beyond the ICC’s mandate, the EU, France, Ireland, and several other countries said they would honor the arrest warrants.
This means that Netanyahu and Gallant will likely be unable to travel to most European countries and a variety of other nations in the ICC’s 120-plus member states. They will still be able to travel to the US – which is not an ICC member – and various Middle Eastern and other states. There are also some states that have ignored ICC arrest warrants, given that there is no effective enforcement mechanism.
Regarding starvation, legal briefs on behalf of Israel found that the IDF’s humanitarian efforts were initially delayed by several days of fighting done to expel the Hamas invasion, which went on for the greater part of the week after October 7, 2023, as well as another week of initial massive deployment efforts of around 100,000 troops to the Gaza front, many of whom also lacked proper food and supplies.
Source: Jerusalem Post