Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest, called comparisons between Hamas and the IDF disgusting and said he would do everything possible to destroy the Islamic terrorist movement.
This was reported by the Times of Israel.
According to him, Israel is waging a "just war against a criminal terrorist organization" within the framework of international law, and the "outrageous comparison" between Israeli leaders and Hamas chiefs "is an indelible historical crime and a clear expression of antisemitism."
In addition, in his first public statements after the arrest announcement, Netanyahu said that "absurd and false warrant by the prosecutor in The Hague is directed not only against the Prime Minister of Israel and the Defense Minister but against the entire State of Israel."
"It is directed against the IDF soldiers, who are fighting with supreme heroism against the vile Hamas murderers. With what chutzpah do you dare compare the monsters of Hamas to the soldiers of the IDF, the most moral army in the world? With what audacity do you compare between the Hamas that murdered, burned, butchered, raped and kidnapped our brothers and sisters, and the IDF soldiers who are fighting a just war that is unparalleled, with a morality that is unmatched?" he said.
It is worth noting that Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has announced his intention to demand from the court arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as three senior Hamas chiefs - Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh. The judges of the preliminary hearings will determine whether there is enough evidence to issue the warrants.
Earlier, we wrote that the court in The Hague is blocking Ukraine's efforts to create a special tribunal for Russia.