it's supporting c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front receipt to democracy. >> an update on the israel-hamas war. criminal court is seeking arrest warrants for the leaders of israel and hamas for crimes against humanity. e of the international criminal court in the situation in the state of palestine. these are the outcome of

independent investigations conducted by my office under the direction of the two principal trial lawyers standing behind me today. brenda j. hollis, who in addition to leading our work of the situation of ukraine in the past couple of years taken overf the palestine investigation. and andrew kaley, king's counsel, who more recently joined the office and will be leading our work on the situation in the state of going. >> on t be collected by my office i have reasonableroun■ to of hamas bear criminal responsibility for the followin

on palestine from at least the 7th of oober, 2023. against humanity. murder as a crime against humanity and as a war crime. the taken of hostages as a war crime. rape and other during captivity crimes against humanity and as war crimes. captivity as a crime against humanity and a war crime. other inhumane acts durin crime humanity. cruel treatment during captivity as a war crime. and outrageous upon personal captivity as a war crime. these crimes were context of thd

applications and as part of a k against the civilian population of israel, by hamas, and other armed my office submits that there are reasonable believe that these three hamas leaders are responsible for the killing of israeli civilians andamas and other armed groups on the 7th of octob 2023. the taking of hostages and the other crimes alleged in our applications. my office has diligently collected evidence and eyewitnesss at the scene of at applications arrive on evidence such as cctv footage authenticated audio, photographs, and material,

expert evidence, and statements by>8 hamas and the members of other armed groups, including by the alleged perpetrators themselves. sinwa, dif, and planned and instigated the es submit committed on 7th of october, they acknowledged thr own words and by their actions. they are cha both as co-perpetrators and as superiors. my office also submits today that there are reasonable grounds to believe that taken from their homes, taken from their comnities, have kepts and that some he besubjected to viol rape, while being held in captivity. we have reached that conclusion based upon medical

contemporaneous video and documentary evidence and interviews with survivors. we are c our investigations into crimes october, including investigating further reports of i repeat, and underline my call for the immediate release of all hostages taken from israel and for their immediate safe return to their families. this is a fundamental imperative is a fundamental imperative demand byyd morality, and international hostages must be released immediately. irm today that i have reasonable grounds to believe on the basis of evidence collected and■& examined by my office that israeli prime minister bennett

you meant yahoo! -- bjaminnetanf nse yoav gallant bear responsibe following international crimes committed on the territory of the state of para -- of palestine from at least the eighth of october 2023. the crimes include starvation of civilians as a method of warfare , willfully causing gre susffering. serious injury to body or health cruel treatment. willful killing or murder. intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population. humanity ofnd/or murder, persecution, and allegations of crimes of committing other inhuman acts. ithq■■' is a legend these crimee committed in the context of thu,

part of widespread, systematic attack against the civilian population of gaza pursuant to state policy. unfortunately, the crimes continue to this day. my office submits that these noinviduals, through a common plan, have systematically the civilian population of gaza of je we reached tsed on interviews with survivors, eyewitnesses, experts, from satellite imagery. statements from israeli officials. including the two individuals subject to the present appl. as well as based upon several hundred authenticated videos, photographs, and audio recordings. many ofe taken and shared by victims and eyewitnesses themselves.

this systematic deprivation resulted from a decision to impose a total siege on gaza by completely closing the three border crossing rafah, kerem s, for extended periods ofe restricting the transportion of essential supplies including food and medicine through the boarding crossings -- border crossing after they were reopened, to the total siege also involving cutting off cross-border water pipelines from israel to, which is the principal source of cleaner gaza. it was cut off forperiods beginh of october, 2023. it was accompanied by the cutting off or hindering of electricity supplies to gaza from the eighth of october 2023

until today. that conduct attacks that killed civilians. including people queuing for food.truction of aid delivery by humanitarian organizations, and attacks oai workers that forced organizations to either cease operations, or limit their lifesaving efforts in gaza. th of the use of starvation as a method of warfare against gaza's civilian population is■fble, and widely known. it has been confirmed by multiple witnesses and victims including local and foreign medical doctors. that starvation is caused and continues to cause from malnutrition,, and

profound suffering among the population. salmon is already present in -- famine is already president -- present in some areas of gaza and immint in others. my office charges benjnetanyahus co-perpetrators in the commission of these alleged crimes. israel,all states, has the right to defend its population. it has every right to ensure the returnf■c hostages that have been criminally taken. those rights don'tbscomplynitar. intentionally causing death, starvation, injury, and suffering to the civilian population including so very many women and means to achieve and political goals. that is what we allege.

as i have repeatedly last year,d again this year -- palestine, and again these years■i$ -- this year those that don't comply with the law should not complain lar why office takes action based upon solid evidence. that day has come. lyfítoday, we underlined, in the clearest possible fashion, that internationalhe laws of armed conflict apply to everyone foot soldier, no comma, no civilian leader, no one can act with impunity. nothing on earth can justify willfully depriving human beings, including women and children, babies, the old and the■ young, of the basic necessities required for life. aenoin

nothing can justify hostagetaking or the targeting and killing of civilians. of this international criminal court are the sole arbiters as to whether the necessary standard for the issuance of warrants of arrests have been met. e judges of the international criminal court must be now given and, to dispassionately and objectively review the evidence we have submitted. should the learned judges approve my applications and issue the requested, i will work closely with the registrar of t i call upon ant states, especias to their own statute, to approve

the applications and rendered we same they have shown in other situations■t. ready toh nonstate parties in oucopursuitd accountability. critical, in this moment, that my office, and all parts of the court, continue to conduct our work withull inpendence and impartiality. i insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate, or improperly influence the officials of this court cease immediately. my officwill not hitate to act pursuant to the provisions of article 70 of the rome statute. uch conduct continues, and persists.

we will submit further applications for warns of arre we determine, after indepdeis, thae threshold of realistic prospect of convictas -- prospective conviction has been met. mytiple, interconnected additional lines ofof sexual violence during the seventh of october attacks in israel and in relation toto cause so many civilian deaths and injuries and so much suffering in gaza. i renew my call for all pcomplyc principles of law without any further delay. i wish to emphasize that the principle of complementarity stl continue to be assessed by my of as we take action in

relation to t perpetrators. and as we move forward with other lines of. complementarity requires us to defer to national authorities only when they sincerely engage in independent and impartial judicialrocesses that do not shield suspects from accountability, and which are not a sham. it requires thorough investigations at all levels, addressing the policies and actions■othese applications. today, i wishvery clearly. it is my strong conviction that if we do not demonstrate our willingness to comply with the law -- to apply the law equal, if it is seen as being applied selectively, we will be creating the conditions for its complete collapse. ■9■3 doing so, we would be

loosening the remaining togethee stabilizing connections between all communities, all individuals , the safety net to which all victims look to in times of suffering. this is the true risk we face at ment. now, more than ever, we must collectively demonstrate that international humanitarian lawtr human conduct individuals and applies equally across situations addressed by my office and by the court. this is how we will prove, tangib this, that the lives of >> president biden reacting