CLAIM: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders, over actions taken during the Israel-Hamas war. A panel of three judges will now decide whether to issue the warrants and allow a case to proceed. Such decisions typically take two months. THE FACTS: Social media users are misrepresenting the warrants’ status, including that of Netanyahu, by claiming that they have already been approved by the ICC. “BREAKING: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu,” reads one X post that had received more than 6,400 likes and shares as of Monday. |
Iraq repatriates nearly 700 more citizens linked to the Islamic State group from a Syrian campChina lose to 10Southgate names England squad for friendliesSnowfall disrupts transport in central, eastern China amid travel rushIce blocks prepared for Harbin snow worldPutin likely didn’t order death of Navalny, US intelligence official saysMykhailo Fomenko, former Ukraine coach and a SovietWang, Lin move into ITTF World Cup knockout stageChina's road, water passenger trips plunge in Jan.Philippines students are told to stay home as Southeast Asia copes with a sweltering heat wave