The International Criminal Court issued two arrest warrants today, Thursday, against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Security Minister Yoav Galant, on the grounds of their responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Israeli army in its war on the Gaza Strip.

The court had received requests in this regard from Attorney General Karim Khan last May, in which she demanded that legal action be taken against Israeli officials. Khan had called in August for the issuance of the warrants to be expedited.