Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply criticized the possible issuing of arrest warrants against him and other Israelis by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. If the court were to issue the warrants, it would be an "unprecedented anti-Semitic hate crime," Netanyahu said in a video address on Tuesday. Such a step would violate Israel's right to self-defence following the Hamas massacre on October 7 last year, he claimed. Netanyahu spoke of a "distortion of justice
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned offensive on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah will go ahead whether or not a hostage agreement is made with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, he told a meeting on Tuesday. "We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the Hamas battalions there - with or without a deal," he told relatives of Israeli hostages and fallen soldiers, according to his office. Netanyahu is determined to launch an offensive in Rafah to eliminate the remaining strongh
Nancy Pelosi has called for Benjamin Netanyahu to resign as prime minister of Israel, accusing him of being unable to bring peace to the Gaza conflict.