The Hague (QNN)- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued secret arrest warrants against several Israeli officials, Haaretz reported on Sunday, citing a diplomatic source.
According to the report, the warrants target three Israeli politicians and two military officials, though it remains unclear when they were issued.
Until now, the only publicly known ICC arrest warrants against senior Israeli figures were those issued in November 2024 against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, where more than 72,700 Palestinians have been killed and entire neighborhoods and towns have been wiped out since October 2023.
The court determined that they were responsible for mass starvation, murder, persecution and intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population.
This comes amid earlier reporting that ICC prosecutors had considered pursuing cases involving far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The Wall Street Journal reported in May 2025 that the ICC's Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan planned to issue arrest warrants for Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. According to the report, Khan was investigating the ministers' role in expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank and whether this violated the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit countries from transferring their populations into territories they have occupied.
Since the start of the Gaza genocide, eight countries have banned Ben-Gvir and Smotrich from entering their territories: Slovenia, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Spain and New Zealand.
In addition, in July of last year, the Dutch government blacklisted the ministers and banned them from entering all 29 European countries that are signatories to the Schengen Agreement.
