ICC denies it issued new warrants against Israeli officials, calls report inaccurate

Haaretz report claims ICC issued secret arrest warrants for five Israeli officials

The International Criminal Court (ICC) denied a report in Israeli media on Sunday that it had issued new arrest warrants for five Israeli political and military officials for alleged crimes against Palestinians.

ICC spokesperson Oriane Maillet said in a note to journalists that the report, in Israel's Haaretz newspaper, was not accurate, and the court "denies the issuance of new arrest warrants in the situation in the state of Palestine".

Haaretz said on Sunday that the ICC had issued secret arrest warrants against five Israeli officials, including three politicians and two military personnel.

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The report came as the Hague-based court already issued arrest warrants in November 2024 against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defence minister Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The Israeli army killed a Palestinian on Sunday and injured four others in an airstrike in central Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, in the latest attacks despite an ongoing ceasefire.

The body of the deceased and four other injured individuals with varying wounds arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after the Israeli strike that targeted a gathering of Palestinians, medical sources told Anadolu.

An Israeli drone carried out at least one strike on the gathering, eyewitnesses said.

In a related development, local sources and eyewitnesses reported that several Israeli military vehicles advanced into Bani Suheila town east of Khan Younis at dawn on Sunday, amid gunfire and artillery shelling.

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The sources added that the vehicles pushed the concrete blocks marking the so-called “Yellow Line” dozens of meters westward in the Al-Raqab and Al-Fajm neighbourhoods, effectively expanding the areas under Israeli military control.

Eyewitnesses also said an Israeli military bulldozer demolished several homes in the area.

According to the witnesses, the two areas have seen the displacement of several families toward central and western Khan Younis.

The "Yellow Line" refers to the boundary to which Israeli forces withdrew inside Gaza as part of the second phase of a plan announced by US President Donald Trump to end the war in the enclave. The line separates areas under full Israeli military control from zones where Palestinians are allowed to be present.

The Israeli army has killed more than 72,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 172,000 in a two-year war in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.

The army continues its attacks despite a ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, killing over 870 people and injuring more than 2,540 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.