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In 2024, the ICC had issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and others, accusing them of crimes against humanity in connection with the Gaza war, the Associated Press reported.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on the U.S. government to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video released on Tuesday (July 21). The Hague-based International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024 over alleged war crimes committed during the Gaza war. Israel rejects the court's jurisdiction and denies committing war crimes. Mamdani said his administration does not have the legal authority to enforce the warrant or arrest Netanyahu. "The federal government, however, does, and I call on them to join the ICC and execute this warrant," he said. President Donald Trump said on Monday (July 20) that Netanyahu, who traditionally travels to New York every September for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, will not be arrested when he visits the U.S.

Israel is building a large earthen barrier across Gaza. This barrier separates areas controlled by Israeli forces from other regions. Satellite images show over twenty-three kilometers of this barrier have been constructed. The barrier aims to prevent infiltration and protect Israeli troops. Palestinians fear this barrier is becoming a permanent border.

Mamdani's latest remarks came a day after Trump said Netanyahu would not be arrested during September's United Nations General Assembly in New York.

In a statement, Hamas said: "The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announces the election of brother mujahid Khalil al-Hayya as head of the movement's political bureau, succeeding the martyred leader Yahya al-Sinwar."

Families queue for hours beside battered water trucks to receive a few litres, before returning to disease-stricken, overcrowded tent camps.

Israel is constructing a significant earthen barrier in Gaza, deepening territorial division and raising concerns among Palestinians.

CAIRO: The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50% of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the t

Andy Burnham has begun his first full day as UK prime minister with an urgent domestic and foreign policy brief. His early choices on prices, defence, Gaza and migration will test whether his Manchester model can scale nationally.

Khalil Al-Hayya, a veteran Hamas leader with strong Iran ties, was named the group's overall head. He succeeds leaders killed in Israeli attacks.