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Warrants for the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar and the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Were going to have much more continuing coverage of this coming up. Im kasie hunt, Cnn News Central starts right now cnn. Breaking news we are following this Breaking News. The International Criminal Court Moments ago announced it is seeking Arrest Warrants for the leaders of hamas for the october 7 Terrorist Attacks can israel and also seeking Arrest Warrants for the political and Military Leadership of the state of israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is really defenseman minister. Yoav gallant hamas is top political and military leaders also being sought for Crimes Against Humanity. All named just now, cnns chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour, has this exclusive interview with a Special Prosecutor at the International Criminal court, karim khan, who announced it to her just moments ago. And shes joining us right now from the hague christiane, tell me more tell us
Message delivered and what might be next . Effectively an ultimatum for Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, that either he puts the National Interest ahead of his purse its not the interest either. He does whats best for israel or he goes within benny gantz as words, the radicals and his government or reference presumably to the farright ministers Bezalel Smotrich and tamar bengvir. Either he goes with the nation or the radicals, or else benny gantz will leave this government and you recall back in the aftermath of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october the seventh, benny gantz was the one of the leaders of the opposition. He decided to go into the government, into the war cabinet effectively to ensure that netanyahus running of this war wasnt held hostage to the far right elements in his government and as a result, its important to understand that the way that the war has been playing out has been a result, not just that Prime Minister netanyahu and his broader cabinet, but really the