Watch as Qatar’s foreign minister spokesperson, Majed Al-Ansari, was expected to comment on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Hamas leaders, including its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh who lives in Doha, on Tuesday, 21 May.
The leader faces the possibility of legal action after the ICC prosecutor’s office said on Monday, 20 May, it had requested arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders - including Mr Haniyeh - for alleged war crimes in the conflict that began after the October 7 Hamas attack.
