Israel said that Yahya Al-Sanwar He was killed yesterday, Wednesday, in a battle with Israeli forces in Rafah In the Gaza Strip.
In a written response to questions from The Associated Press, the office said Thursday: “In accordance with standard practice, the office will take relevant action if it receives sufficient information confirming his death.”
If Sinwar’s death is confirmed, the office will withdraw the request to issue an arrest warrant against Sinwar.
On September 6, the International Criminal Court ended its procedures against the former head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh After his murder in Iran Last July 31st.
On September 10, of the same month, legal documents showed that prosecutors in International Criminal Court They are investigating reports of a killing Muhammad Al-Deif Military Wing Commander LHamas movementThey will cancel the lawsuit filed against him if they are able to confirm this.
The legal document, dated August 2, stated: “The prosecution will withdraw the arrest warrant against Al-Dhaif (58 years old) if it obtains conclusive and reliable information about his death.”
It is noteworthy that last May, the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court submitted Karim Khan “Requests” to issue arrest warrants against 3 leaders of the Hamas movement, in addition to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And the Minister of Defense in his government Yoav Galant.
According to a statement issued on the court’s website, in Arabic, Hebrew and English, Khan said that he had submitted requests to the First Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants against the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and the movement’s head in Gaza Strip Yahya Al-Sinwar, and the commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, known as Muhammad al-Deif.
