Israel News for 5-20-2024
News Update
The International Criminal Court prosecutor, Karim Khan, said today that he was applying for arrest warrants for Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif and Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, and for Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant. The request must be approved by the judges. Israel is not a member of the court and does not recognize its jurisdiction in Israel or Gaza. But if warrants are issued, those named could be arrested if they travel to one of the court’s 124 member nations, which include most European countries but not the United States.
IDF soldiers killed:
Maj. Gal Shabbat, 24, a company commander in the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, died of wounds sustained in combat in northern Gaza on May 15.
Staff Sgt. Nachman Meir Haim Vaknin, 20, from Eilat and Staff Sgt. Noam Bittan, 20, from Yad Rambam were killed in fighting in the Rafah area on Shabbat.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Abdul Amir Hossein Abdullahian, and their entire accompanying delegation, were killed in a helicopter crash in Iran yesterday. Israeli officials confirmed that Israel had nothing to do with the crash.
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