on the homicide, yahya sinwar, the head of hamas, mostly military. mohammed on mastery, who's better known as mohammed dave, his deputy head of the military wing of hamas, the alpha sam brigades, and ismail haniyeh, the head of political arm of hamas, who frankly is involved in negotiate creations, currently indirect negotiations between hamas and israel regarding the release of israeli hostages and the capture of israeli hostages, these sexual offenses and violations and rapes by hamas also form part of these crimes against humanity that are being sought on arrest warrants. four, 400 like to you. personally and we're going to have much more on this in a little bit, including the us reaction. i think it is worth noting that national security adviser jake sullivan an hour ago, was meeting with israeli defense minister yoav gallant, who is listed here as someone they are seeking an arrest warrant four, so that obviously has huge international implications, but i do want to quickly ask you about the death of the iranian president ebrahim raisi in what y

arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders, including yahya sinwar.ommittee hearing, us secretary of state antony blinken was critical of the move, and said the decision will only draw out the war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and the leadership of israel, i

that's yahya sinwar. absolutely dave who's in charge of the al-qassam brigade and hernia who's one of the political bureau based in doha. >> what are the charges the charges are extermination, murder, taking of hostages, so rape and sexual assault in detention. >> so these are the key crimes that are alleged to have been committed by these three individuals. >> the world was shocked on 7 october when people were ripped from their bedrooms, from their homes, from the different kibbutzim in israel and people have suffered enormously and we have a variety of evidence to support the applications that we've submitted to the judge's. >> you have also issued warrants against the top political and military leadership of the government of the state of israel we've applied for warrants. >> of course, the judges must determine whether or not to issue them, but we've applied today will apply for warrants for prime minister netanyahu. and also minister of defense gallant. four crimes of causing extermination causing s

as raf well knows, yahya sinwar is the most militant military wing of hamas. he's believed to be underground in one of the tunnels. he's agreed to be the mastermind of october 7th, not haniyen, whose name is signed to the agreement of the cease-fire proposal. some reporting that it's been watered down to what was originally offered. we don't know the exact outlines of it yet. one of the things that over the weekend hamas was saying, it had to be a permanent cease-fire. israel was only agreeing to 40 days, 33 hostages and potentially thousands of palestinian prisoners. more details to be worked out as to which palestinian prisoners. the key thing is prime minister netanyahu and the war cabinet, they were going into rafah, they started to send leaflets to people in raffa, 1.4 million people, more than a million of whom already displaced from elsewhere, that they had to move. this was not acceptable to the u.s. there was a call today between president biden and the prime minister, and clearly from the readouts we've gotten, the president reiterated his position a

defense minister and prime minister, accusing them of war crimes including hamas leaders such as yahya sinwaris a war criminal. >> on capitol hill pro-palestinian interrupted remarks by antony blinken. he was testifying about the state department budget but the line of questioning focused on the icc, with him calling the court's decision in impediment to progress on cease-fire talks. >> the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and leadership of israel only complicates getting an agreement. we will continue to forge ahead, but that decision on so many levels is wrongheaded. suma: a bipartisan group of senators issued a formal statement tuesday condemning the court decision saying, these actions by the icc jeopardize efforts to bring about sustainable peace in the middle east and puts at risk sensitive negotiations to bring home hostages, including americans, and bring in humanitarian assistance. those who endorsed the statement include lindsey graham and katie britt. more senators are coming out against the icc on both sides of the aisle. here is what steve ricketts told the bbc today. >

. >> and for three liters of hamas for the october 7 terrorist attack, including yahya sinwar, who is in gaza and ishmael honey, who lives in qatar and has been party to the ceasefire negotiations. cnn's chief international anchor a correspondent christiane amanpour broke this story in an exclusive interview with icc prosecutor karim khan on your joining us now from the hey, chris sean, can you give us what details stood out to you during this interview in an unprecedented move by the icc absolutely. >> in terms of unprecedented that's because the charges against israel off for the first time a charge against an actual democracy and a democratic leader. i think one must not de-emphasize and ignore the severity of the charges against hamas and they issue good this seeking approval for arrest warrants according to the timeline. so they laid out the arrest warrants that they want for hamas, which included eight counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, which were mass killings. they call it extermination, torture rape, and sexual assault, even in captivity of the hostages all the

his arrest warrants, three of them will be for hamas leaders, ismail haniyeh, mohammed deif and yahya sinwarn territory in ramallah, where you are, elsewhere in areas of the west bank that you control, would you hand them over to the icc? icc is not a palestinian invention. icc, international criminal court, and icj, international court ofjustice, these are legal international institutions. we found them there and we joined them and we became members, and we signed the rome statute, and we became a member of the icc, of international criminal court. 0ne. the second important issue is that now that israel used to claim that they are victims all through history, and now israel is standing trial at the icj, and there are the israeli prime minister and some of his ministers are wanted by the icc... as are three hamas leaders. ..and an arrest warrant will be issued hopefully by the icc... you haven't answered my question, mr shtayyeh. ..hopefully very soon. you haven't answered my question. would you hand over the three hamas leaders if arrest warrants are issued for them? this is the situation i

. >> reporter: three of hamas' senior leaders, yahya sinwar, mohammed deif, and ismael haniyeh may alsorants for crimes including extermination, murder, hospital t -- hostage-taking, rape, and sexual violence and torture. neither the u.s. nor israel recognize the icc's authority, but just like vladimir putin for his actions in ukraine, netanyahu could have a warrant out for his arrest in more than 100 countries. but it could take up to two months for any potential arrest warrants to be issued as the court now has to decide not only whether to do so, but also if the case against the leaders of israel and hamas can proceed. norah. >> imtiaz tyab, thank you very much. >>> the israel-hamas war is a big issue on the campaign trail as president biden saw firsthand in the crucial battleground state of georgia, where he gave a commencement address at morehouse college. both he and former president trump are trying to fire up their bases with six months to election day. cbs's weijia jiang has the latest. >> reporter: over the weekend, as president biden delivered a commencement address at moreho

for arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and hamas�*s leader in gaza, yahya sinwarimes. israeli defence minister yoav gallant and hamas�*s political leader ismail haniyeh, along with the group's military chief mohammed deif, are also wanted for arrest. the prosecutor said they, and a number of senior leaders in hamas, should all face charges linked to war crimes. mr netanyahu said he was disgusted that a �*democratic israel�* had been compared with what he called �*mass murderers�*. hamas has said it denounces at attempt to equate the victim with the executioner. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and many other countries. no warrants can be issued unless a panel ofjudges at the international criminal court agree. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. our correspondent, danjohnson, has been giving us the latest reaction from jerusalem. a strong response, a furious response and it is in the main

i have reasonable grounds to believe that the three senior leaders of hamas, yahya sinwar, mohamed dave and ismail haniya are criminally responsible for the following international crimes committed on the territory of israel and the state of palestine since at least october 7. 2023, extermination as a crime against humanity, murder as a crime against humanity and as a war crime, hostage-taking as a war crime. rape and other acts of sexual violence during captivity as crimes against humanity and as war crimes. torture during captivity as a crime against humanity and as a war crime, other inhuman acts in captivity as a crime against humanity, ill-treatment during captivity as a war crime and assault on personal dignity during captivity as a war crime. bohdan, how did you react to this move in europe and whether? can the actions of the international space station somehow affect the course of the war in gaza? in europe, it was different, for example, here in london, where, in particular , the prosecutor karim khan comes from, the government declared that such a step of the international cri

request warrants for netanyahu, defense minister yoav gallant, and three hamas officials, including yahya sinwarmanders bear criminal responsibility for murder, kidnapping, and other inhuman acts during and after the violent attacks on october 7th. khan accusing netanyahu and gallant of causing extermination, starvation, denying humanitarian supplies, and deliberately targeting civilians in conflict during the last seven months of war in gaza. >> unfortunately, these crimes continue to this day. israel, like all states, has the right to defend its population. those rights, however, do not absolve israel of its obligations to comply with international humanitarian law. >> reporter: netanyahu today saying it's absurd, and blasting any comparison to hamas. >> the icc has no jurisdiction over israel, and mr. khan's actions will not stop us from waging our just war against hamas. >> reporter: david, tonight, those images of netanyahu alongside sinwar sparking outrage here in israel. now, next three judges will decide over the coming weeks whether to issue arrest warrants and allow the case to proceed

arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders, including yahya sinwar. the us denounced the icc�*s decision. speaking at a senate foreign relations committee hearing, us secretary of state antony blinken was critical of the move, and said the decision will only draw out the war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and the leadership of israel, i think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement. we will continue to forge ahead to do that, but that decision, as you've said, on so many levels, is totally wrong—headed, and we'll be happy to work with congress, with this committee, on an appropriate response. those comments from the us secretary of state came as he faced criticism from democrats and republicans over the administration's israel policy. as he began his testimony, mr blinken was interrupted by protestors, who called him a war criminal, and accused him of being involved in genocide. medical workers in israel have told the bbc

arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders including yahya sinwar.e war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday. the shameful equivalence implied between hamas and the leadership of israel — i think that that only complicates the pros pecks for getting such an agreement. we'll continue to forge ahead to do that. but that decision, as you said, on so many levels, is totally wrong—headed. and we'll be happy to work with congress, with this committee, on an appropriate response. those comments from the us secretary of state came as he faced criticism from democrats and republicans over the administration's israel policy. as he began his testimony, mr blinken was interrupted by protestors who called him a war criminal and accused him of being involved in genocide. at one point, he appeared to flinch when a protestor approached him from behind — waving a sign that said �*criminal�* before being taken away by security. meanwhile in the middle east, israel has pledged to return broadcast equipment that it seiz

remaining four group battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwarleader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. so the israeli military want to go in and finish the job. now, a ceasefire deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah military operation altogether. but hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they don't give up hostages and then immediately find themselves coming under massive attack because that isn't much of an incentive to them. meanwhile, turkey says its suspension of trade with israel over the country's offensive in gaza will remain until a permanent ceasefire is established because of the worsening humanitarian situation in the palestinian territory. the turkish trade ministry said all imports and exports would stop until the israeli government allowed an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of aid into gaza. earlier, the israeli foreign minister, israel katz, accus

arrest warrants for israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the leader of hamas in gaza, yahya sinwar crimes and crimes against humanity committed since the hamas attacks on october 7th and the subsequent war with israel in gaza. mr netanyahu described the move as "absurd". president biden says it is outrageous, the uk government has called it unhelpful. lucy williamson has more. today israel and hamas found themselves attacking the same target. their leaders listed side by side at the international criminal court. international law and the laws of armed conflict apply to everyone. no foot soldier, no commander, no civilian leader, no one can act with impunity. prosecutors accuse israel of a state sanctioned attack against gaza's civilian population, including extermination and using starvation as a weapon of war. and hamas of extermination, hostagetaking, torture and sexual violence, including rape. tonight, a very personal rebuttal from israel's prime minister. mr khan creates a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas. this is like

arrest warrants were also issues for three hamas leaders, including yahya sinwar.ecretary of state antony blinken was critical of the move, and said the decision will only draw out the war in the middle east. the extremely wrong—headed decision by the icc prosecutor yesterday, the shameful equivalents implied between hamas and the leadership of israel, i think that only complicates the prospects for getting such an agreement. we will continue to forge ahead to do that, but that decision,

remaining four group battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwarader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. so the israeli military want to go in and finish the job. now, a ceasefire deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah military operation altogether. but hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they don't give up hostages and then immediately find themselves coming under massive attack because that isn't much of an incentive to them. that's our security correspondent frank gardener. for more on the talks i'm joined now by bbc arabic�*s mohamed taha. just seeing on the news wires that america's top diplomat antony blinken is saying that the only hold—up to a gaza ceasefire is hamas. are we expecting at these talks any response from hamas over this israeli proposal? we response from hamas over this israeli proposal?— israeli proposal? we do expect hamas to _ israeli proposal

southern gaza where hamas's final battalions are thought to be holding out, and more particularly, yahya sinwarthe october 7th massacre in southern israel, and the man who the israelis really want to get their hands on and to eliminate. so, the hardline right don't want this war to stop until that is done. they think anything else is unfinished business. but those protesting on the streets, notjust relatives, but people who think that the government's policy is wrong, that the last five months of assault on gaza has killed a large number of palestinians, destroyed a huge number of buildings, ruined lives, and failed to produce any hostages released — they want a deal now. that is our security correspondent frank gardner. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello, thank you. we will start with football. aston villa might have had a bad result in europe in midweek, but they could qualify for the european champions league later. they are away at brighton in the premier league. if villa win and tottenham lose away at liverpool, they will guarantee themselves a top—four finish. spurs have los

arrest warrants for israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the leader of hamas in gaza, yahya sinwarear responsibility for war crimes, and crimes against humanity. in the last few minutes, president biden has described the application for arrest warrants against israeli leaders as "out rageous" lucy williamson is injerusalem. 0ne one can imagine the sense of outrage where you are. one can imagine the sense of outrage where you are-— where you are. there has been a strong reaction today from - where you are. there has been a strong reaction today from both | strong reaction today from both hamas and from israel at being accused side by side in this application. i spoke to one israeli mp this afternoon who said it was as if winston churchill had been accused of war crimes alongside adolf hitler in the second world war. hamas said it was equating victim and executioner. but the international criminal court chief prosecutor said international law applied to all. prosecutor said international law applied to all-— applied to all. today israel and hamas found _ applied to all. today israel

remaining four group battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwarleader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. so the israeli military want to go in and finish thejob. now, a ceasefire deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah military operation altogether. but hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they don't give up hostages and then immediately find themselves coming under massive attack because that isn't much of an incentive to them.- of an incentive to them. frank gardner reporting _ of an incentive to them. frank gardner reporting for - of an incentive to them. frank gardner reporting for us. - us university campuses have seen intense protests over the past few days — in some cases, leading to confrontation. police have arrested more than 2,000 students nationwide since demonstrations escalated on monday at columbia university in new york. 137

international criminal court, karim khan, is seeking arrest warrants for benjamin netanyahu and yahya sinware hamas leader, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. he is also issued separate warrants for yoav gallant, the israeli defence minister, and two other top hamas leaders. the decision ultimately will rest with the court pre trial chamber, a panel ofjudges that will decide in the coming months, whether there is enough evidence to support warrants. notably, his list does not include any israel defense forces officials, for now. the warrants are focused solely on the political decision makers. the charges he is seeking against mr netanyahu and mr gallant include "starvation" used as a "method of war" against civilians and wilful killing — intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as a war crime. the arrest warrants for three leaders of hamas include charges of murder, on october 7th, the taking of hostages, mr khan said he was acting on the recommendation of an expert panel who had looked at the evidence gathered. let's take a listen to what the prosecu

of israeli leaders, let's listen to it: my office believes that the three senior hamas leaders, yahya sinwarg crimes: extermination, murder, hostage-taking, rape and other acts of sexual violence, torture and other inhumane acts against prisoners. to date, thanks to the evidence reviewed and examined by my office, i have sufficient grounds. believe that the prime minister of the following international crimes, benjamin netanyahu and defense minister joab galland are criminally responsible for crimes committed in palestine starting at least october 8, 2023. crimes include the use of starvation against millions of civilians as a method of warfare, intentional infliction of suffering, physical psychological injury, cruel treatment, intentional infliction attacks on civilians, as well as crimes. yes, a truly unexpected statement, for me, frankly, it was even more unexpected, his admission that he was under severe pressure in order to make the right decision, that’s what he said. some elected leaders of countries directly and very openly told me that this court was created only for africa and for

kharim khan is also seeking arrest warrants for the three most prominent leaders of hamas, yahya sinward deif, the commander of the qassam brigades, its military wing, and ismail haniyeh, head of the hamas political bureau. with us in the studio tonight, someone we have had on the programme several times from jerusalem. jonathan conricus, former spokesman for the idf. now a senior fellow at the foundation for defence of democracies. good to meet you in person, thank you for coming in. let us talk about the hospital, do you know it is a former idf spokesperson buster mark i know of it? i former idf spokesperson buster mark i know of it?— i know of it? i know of it, that israel detains _ i know of it? i know of it, that israel detains terrorist - i know of it? i know of it, that i israel detains terrorist and other palestinians there. why are. who; israel detains terrorist and other palestinians there. why are. why are civilians who — palestinians there. why are. why are civilians who have _ palestinians there. why are. why are civilians who have legs _ palestinians there. why are. why ar

because apparently there are no jews they are but at the end of the day if they have concluded that yahya sinwartages and they think he is winning the p.r. war because what is going on in this country then yes the biden administration should come forward until the american people these guys are the reason there is not a cease-fire and there is no genocide going on, that is an absolute lie and it's being told because all they want to do is undermine the existence of the state of israel. >> sandra: congressman jared moscow it's always appreciate your time thank you. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> john: also not a lot of votes in the united states associated with the darfur situation. that would attributive some of the silence as well. >> sandra: just that harvard student and the students that are speaking on capitol hill today, incredible what they have gone through. >> john: if you consider there was a staff member at harvard who threatened him with a machete. >> sandra: crazy. >> john: just the realm of insanity here well across that brown. >> sandra: the anti-american messaging the students ar

sought by the prosecutor accused both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and hamas leader yahya sinwarith war crimes and crimes against humanity. biden calls the charges against israeli leaders outrageous, but they were praised by human rights watch today. >> iran began five days of mourning following the death of their president, ebrahim raisi. he was killed in a helicopter crash yesterday with several other top officials, as abc news reporter perry russom explains, it's not clear why it happened, but video from the area shows dense fog at the time of the crash. >> iran's first cabinet meeting after the death of president ebrahim raisi, iran's first vice president, leading the meeting next to a framed picture of raisi saying in no way will this tragic incident interfere with the government and the running of the country. these may be the final images of raisi flying in the helicopter before a crashed yesterday, right. the foreign minister and several others killed after the helicopter was forced to make a hard landing in the steep mountains of iran. rescue teams seen carrying bodies f

get rid of yahya sinwar but you can curate of every civil terrorist out there. does the interstate look like because when they get done with rafah really all it is is the end of the beginning but the next up is okay. what is it going to look like what were the west bank look like? this a administration biden and netanyahu don't really see eye to much at all. in talking and thinking about this you will see prep stomach problems like this arise. >> aishah: on that note some other news made this week will it look like on three different countries european countries that came out we now recognize palestinian state i think of spain, ireland, and norway. pretty big deal here. when you think about what netanyahu actually said today i believe we have it up on the screen the intention of several european countries to unde recoe a palestinian state as a reward for terrorism and he went on to say if this happened this would be a terrorist state what do they have that? speak i think that's a big mistake because you have to add turkey that recognize them earlier. when you ha

remaining four the tines of militants that are in rafah taking out the leadership which includes yahya sinwar, the military leader in gaza, and then getting rid of the underground infrastructure of the tunnels as best as possible. so if not, if they don't do those things, then hamas is going to come out and declaring victory and we'll be right back to where we were seven months ago in many ways with hamas in charge declaring victory, it will look like in the street in gaza in the west bank and look like a victory for hamas as well, which is not going to help the palestinian authority. so it's very complicated, but i think netanyahu the signaling very clearly one way or another they are going in and hamas is listening to that saying, why should we sign a deal unless it includes 100% agreement that they won't come in yeah. >> so let's talk a little bit more about that potential ground incursion in rafah. you laid out the prime minister netanyahu has said, we're going in with or without a hostage deal and we know that this white house, that the biden administration has said over and over again,

hussein: i think that both the netanyahu government, especially netanyahu, and also yahya sinwar, the hamas in gaza, believe they profited politically off of the war. and they would both like to keep it going. but hamas is under so much pressure from their own leaders outside of gaza, from the people of gaza, from other palestinians, and from arab countries, that they have had to shift their policies very greatly. they were calling for a total cease-fire. they're now apparently willing to accept a series of short-term cease-fires. and they have shifted a lot. so it's possible there could be an agreement. but netanyahu keeps talking about a rafah operation with or without a cease-fire. he's really kind of sabotaging the talks. and the israeli delegation is a mid-level delegation, meeting, meaning they don't have any authority. they're just there to be there. they really are there for show. and that's a big problem. so we will see. netanyahu is under a lot of pressure to get hostages out if he can. but if he can avoid this cease-fire, he's going to do it. and i think we can see how the

yahya sinwar, and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu war crimes and crimes against humanity over the october 7 attacks on israel and the war on gaza he also seeks arrest warrants for israel's defense minister yoav gallant and two other top hamas leaders, naming netanyahu makes it the first time the court has gone after a democratically elected leader prompting an outcry in israel and in the united states, where even before the announcements, republican lawmakers made this direct threat in a letter to the prosecutor, quote, target israel, and we will target you if you move forward with the measures indicated in the report, we will move to end all americans support for the icc sanction your employees and associates and bar you and your families from the united states, you have been warned here's what khan told me in response there's hotheads everywhere in this people that are mature, statesman and states, women and and leaders that are those that have fidelity, something greater than themselves. >> whether it's their constitutions. but ultimately it's the rule of law the good news

sought by the prosecutor charges both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and hamas leader yahya sinwarnd crimes against humanity. biden called the charges against israeli leaders outrageous, but the charges were praised by human rights watch at yale university, a few dozen students walked out of yale's graduation ceremony, this in support of the palestinian movement. >> university staff helped guide protesting students to an area outside the ceremony. officials say the school is committed to freedom of speech and expression. stay with abc seven news. we have our continuing coverage of the protests over the war between israel and hamas . you can get the latest anytime at abc seven news.com. >> a warning today from the environmental protection agency. cyber attacks against water utilities are on the rise. the epa issued an enforcement alert warning agencies to take immediate action to protect the nation's drinking water. according to the alert, nearly 70% of utilities aren't meeting standards to prevent cyber threats, including outdated facilities and weak passwords. the advisory follows

. >> the icc also requesting arrest warrants for hamas leader yahya sinwar and two other top officialser 7th massacre in tel aviv. trey yingst ktvu, fox two news pro-palestine protesters have cleared out their encampment at san jose state university just in time for the start of the commencement ceremonies. >> asu for gaza organizers have cleared the area near the well known tommie smith, john carlos victory salute statues on campus after being camped out there for the past ten days. organizers say even though the encampment is coming down, their message still remains the same. >> we're not only here for palestinians that is the primary reason, but there is an underlying reason why we're here, and that is to fight racism in all forms. >> the university says the protest was an important opportunity to have a deeper understanding on the war. in gaza. commencement ceremonies continue on campus today through tomorrow. usf says about 25 students are on interim suspension for taking part in a pro-palestinian encampment there. they received conduct notices on tuesday. students say that the no

. >> it turns as it's turned on a previous conversations right now on the decision of yahya sinwar, the architect of the october 7 terrorist shoes ensconced in a tunnel maybe below khan unit's raffa, maybe in a tunnel structure in sinai the question is whether it's in yar, where there's any more urgency in sin mars calculations right now, there could be the israelis are threatening significant ground campaign in raffa destroyed the last four brigades of hamas is organized military structure plus the americans are putting pressure on the khader reason if or reported pressure on the qatar is that if sinwar doesn't agree to this deal, hamas is external leadership is going to be expelled from doha in qatar. so it's possible i don't think sinwar is interested in a comprehensive deal. i think we're talking about a first phase here. which would be roughly if there were press reports, your truth 33 israeli hostages, that wouldn't be the women, the elderly, and the infirm. in exchange for an undetermined number of palestinians, probably nearing 67800 a temporary ceasefire, a lot about 40 days. e

a close us ally, the icc also announced that they would target the leaders of hamas, including yahya sinwar and two other top officials of that terrorist group. israel's defense pence minister yoav gallant, as i said, is also named the significant icc decision came in an exclusive interview first this morning with cnn's chief international anchor christiane amanpour christiane joins us now from the hagan christiane did the icc prosecutor explain why he seemed to put the leaders of a nation, israel on the same level as the leaders of the terrorist group hamas he certainly did, and i went back off to the backlash, so to speak. >> you've just outlined and ask them again and they were very, very hey, clear. they said to me that the icc's mandate is solely focused on the victims in other words, as they said equivalent of victims not alleged perpetrators. so that is their answers that and furthermore, during the interview, i asked about allegations and actually comments by prime minister netanyahu even before these arrest warrants were requested, that this would be anti-semitic. it would be outra

. >> in addition to the hamas leader yahya sinwar let me be clear we reject the icc's application. >>est warrants against his want whatever these warrants may imply, there's no equivalence between israel and hamas it's clear there isn't wants to all do all it can to ensure civilian protection this up to the top, icc's prosecutor told christiane amanpour that he plans to seek charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against both the leaders along with other top israeli and hamas figures, all of this as israel's defense minister also is targeted for an arrest warrant by the icc, says that they will go ahead nonetheless and further expand the israeli ground operation in rafah i'd front now, dr. adam hamawy, he is one of the few american doctors remaining inside gaza. >> he's also a former us army combat trauma surgeon who worked in iraq and dr. hamawy i so much appreciate your taking the time. i know the power situation is obviously very volatile where you are your income on eunice working at a hospital, they're bordering rafah. i know you've been in gaza now for nearly three we

learned israeli hello prime minister benjamin netanyahu had rejected demands from the hamas leader yahya sinwarwo in the war and exit the gaza strip in exchange for releasing the hostages, netanyahu's office saying that that office that offers only leaves hamas intact to strike again, which they have pledged to do all of this is part of the ongoing associations over this potential ceasefire and hostage deal. >> and i'm just going back to what you just told us. is there a way to get these hostages out, get them home without agreeing to end, without israel having to agree to end the war in gaza and get the idf out of gaza. >> you haven't negotiations resuming this week we've talked about just before, at least negotiations have two speeds in this case, there's no question about that slow and slower i think that a hostage for temporary ceasefire and release of palestinian prisoners is still possible. i think hamas is rocket launches may well have been a prelude to the fact that hamas wants to demonstrate there were no mood to compromise and clearly, statements from the prime minister's office that

saying, and from that yahoo's point of view, he's got a limited window in which he can go after yahya sinwar, other top hamas figures that he thinks that the israeli defense forces think our shelf touring in the tunnels beneath raffa if this conflict ends, and netanyahu can't point to taking out the top hamas leadership inside gaza. >> that is a political loss for him. and that spells almost certain loss at the next time, he runs for office. but also this onslaught, this threatened on slot seems to have goose hamas into blinking and saying yes to a ceasefire deal of course now we know it's there. terms as they see them that are acceptable. this is also a way to give netanyahu a black eye because now it's on israel, it's on netanyahu to say, oh, well, this isn't the deal that we signed up for. after you see all these celebrations in gaza, et cetera, this is also part of the challenge that we see when you have these negotiations that are effectively lead by third parties and the parties aren't talking to read better. exactly. right. i mean, egypt kind of friend to everybody in this cutter dire

yahya sinwar and others and dismantle the tunnel networks. they need to do so in a way that allows for more humanitarian aid to come in. and the limit. again, civilian casualties, which i think they can and should do a far better job of doing. but i think they need to go in and do this. >> the question is, how can they do it far, far better than what then how they've been doing the last several months to that in the idf says hamas is trying to regroup in the north. that's why they are targeting those areas also, right now, i want to play a clip from democratic senator chris murphy. he was on with my colleague dana bash this morning. we'll hear what he said. >> every intelligence expert has already come to the conclusion, you are not going to be able to eliminate hamas, right? you are. there's going to continue to be a resistance movement to the state of israel. and the question is, is it going to be weaker or stronger? after 13, 15,000 kids are killed inside gaza. my argument is that right now the prospects are that it is going to be stronger

. >> and yahya sinwar, palestinian decision-maker knows that if he gives a hostages without a comprehensive cease fire and his robes withdrawal from from, from gaza that he won't survive this so i think both netanyahu and sinwar are thinking more about their political future than they are about cutting a deal that would relieve the miseries for gaussians. >> and for these hostages, as well as their families. >> that's pretty depressing. i were also following aaron some breaking news right now. cnn contributor barack ravid is learning that israeli forces are going to take over the palestinian sayyed the raffa crossing between egypt and gaza in the next few hours, how significant is that i think it's very brings me israeli, israeli defense force is very close to the egyptians. >> and the israelis. you're interested, i think in that raffa crushing because it abuts the philadelphia corridor, which is the common borger that egypt gaza share and that border, that philadelphia corridor is a key route for smuggling contraband. and military equipment so this is a fraud operation with respect to the

and the idf says that there are hamas battalions and raffa that yahya sinwar, a key leader of hamas, is there hostages are there. so i think some people may hear this so well, what should israel do? >> look, it is a difficult issue. hamas is a very difficult enemy to fight. they are a terrorist group. they use civilian shields. it is true but look what america cannot and must not be part of, is literally the destruction of all of gaza. i mean, the infrastructure education that health care system decimated and so many women and children were killed. so, yes, you've got to go after hamas but no, you cannot continue rapidly, literally almost to destroy the entire people in that region the last time that you and i spoke, you declined to say whether you believed israel was committing genocide. >> have you are you prepared to do so? >> now, how does a media question let u.s. >> ask all the time i'm going to generate care about that. >> no, no. look now what people care about is stopping netanyahu. netanyahu from the massive destruction that he is bringing forth in gaza right now, you, as y

support example, if you want to attack a leader like yahya sinwar, for example, the head of hamas in gaza then you would target that specific individual and not the area around that individual. so that's basically what they're trying to do in essence, think of it as going for a bin laden raid as opposed to bombing in entire city block. >> all right, kernel, cedric leighton, always great to see you. thanks so much. >> you bet jessica or three weeks into donald trump's criminal hush money trial. >> we're still waiting for the prosecution's most anticipated witness, though how testimony from trump's longtime fix or could impact the trial here on the scene? in israel he was trump's former lawyer and fixer. >> now, michael cohen is expected to testify again. since this all bond boss, will we hear any new bombshells from this key player witness testimony in the trump hush money trial monday at nine eastern on cnn there are giant so much they are the men and women building navy's next generation submarine de, or giant and what they do because they worked in a place where they can grow where

official nine from hamas, even though he has the political leader, that decision will come from yahya sinwar, who is the leader of hamas within gaza itself. now, there is this hamas delegation in cairo they have been given this egyptian lead proposal. well over a week ago. and it's believed that they have an answer to that. we have heard that yet, but we do know that the cia director was in cairo as well. and so there is certainly hope that at least this first stage of this deal could be agreed on, which is believed to be up to 33 hostages in the first stage would be released. the women, the elderly, the sick, the wounded in return for some 40 days or so of ceasefire and palliate palestinian prisoners to be released. it does seem more positive than it has for some time, but also, we have had a number of moments like this in recent months where it seemed a deal was close. hence, the caution on many sides, and also what other potential difficult moment has come as the israeli cabinet has unanimously voted to shut down the arabic news channel al jazeera in israel to shut down those offices. the

president biden, it says is that it draws a false equivalence between prime minister netanyahu and yahya sinwar. i don't agree no one now is the head of a democratic nation. he was elected. that's true. >> sinwar is a terrorist head of a terrorist organization that's true but what the icc prosecutor looked at is what they have actually fit, what they did what sind on sinwar did, welcome mustard is to my mind a act of a criminal violation of international law. no question about it. he's a war criminal. what netanyahu is going to the palestinian people is different but that is also to my mind a clear violation of international law. >> and we saw that video today of the female israeli soldiers being tied up and bound. >> disgusting all right. but what hamas is what they did is a they are disgusting terrorist organization. and the discussion, sinwar is a walk. i'm not. but does that give the head of a modern powerful, industrialized nation the right to go to war against the entire parcel near people i want to read you one thing which is important as you know, defense minister of israel gullet has a

. >> hostage return, any permanent cease fire so a mosque in a liter yahya sinwar and walk out of his tunnels and say, he stood up against the israelis for seven months plus, and that he one and i don't know how they're going to basically split the difference on that one because neptune, you needs to be able to finish the war from his point of view. >> and a scene more needs the war to be finished is finishing the war as israel, since is that do you think that's even feasible i mean, sinwar has obviously seems to have done a fine job of hiding thus far yeah i don't see how netanyahu wins since he's never defined winning other than this elusive concept of total victory, that is canvas in wars are fought for political ends. >> and the political end here from israel's point of view, would be obvious. it goes in, it dismantles, defeats hamas, then it leaves and turns over the gaza strip to some governing authority other than israel israel is an occupying the west bank and gaza at the same time. but because netanyahu has refused to partner with the most logical governing authority, the pal