Netanyahu faces war crime arrest with ex-minister

AN arrest warrant has been issued for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes.

- ANDY LINES

The International Criminal Court gather information" to confirm his death. For Netanyahu and Gallant, the court found reasonable grounds to believe they each bear criminal responsibility for "the war crime of revealed it also had warrants for Israel's starvation as a method of warfare; and former defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, all related to the Gaza war.

It is the first time that leaders of a democracy and Western-aligned state have ever been charged by the court, in the most momentous decision of its 22-year history.