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Abstract
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked a panel of judges to issue arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders and two Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing them of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The prosecutor’s office said that the reason for the unusually early timing of the announcement was its concern about the ‘ongoing nature’ of the alleged crimes cited in the applications. It is also possible that the ICC will make new requests for additional arrest warrants or add further charges to existing indictment requests.