Attorney Amal Clooney listens during a panel discussion on media freedom, Sept. 25, 2019, at the United Nations headquarters. Amal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended that the world's top war crimes court seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the militant Hamas group, Clooney announced Monday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
"We unanimously conclude that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including hostage-taking, murder and crimes of sexual violence," Clooney wrote of the panel’s determination.
She cited Israeli war crimes of "starvation as a method of warfare, murder, persecution and extermination."
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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks out against the ICC's announcement to pursue an arrest warrant against him over alleged war crimes in Gaza. (Government Press Office)
Meanwhile, Netanyahu called the ICC's decision the latest example of "what the new antisemitism looks like."
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"It is directed against the IDF soldiers, who are fighting with extraordinary heroism against the vile Hamas murderers who attacked us with terrible cruelty on Oct. 7," Netanyahu said in an English-language statement.
"What a travesty of justice! What a disgrace!" he said.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
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