Israel moving to protect hundreds of personnel against ICC probe


  • World
  • Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz speaks to military personnel during a tour of the Gaza border area, in southern Israel March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dan Williams

KEREM SHALOM, Israel (Reuters) - Israel estimates that hundreds of its citizens might be subject to war crimes probes by the International Criminal Court, whose jurisdiction it rejects, and is working on how to protect them, the Defence Minister said on Tuesday.

Including himself among Israelis who could be threatened with arrest, Benny Gantz told Reuters: "I was never afraid to go across enemy lines, I will continue to stand wherever I have to."

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