The denial came amid reports of fresh Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah positions overnight. The Israeli military said it carried out the attacks with artillery and aircraft, hitting Hezbollah targets in five areas of southern Lebanon.
The videos depict Gaza's dire situation as Hamas' authoritarian rule persists in the wake of the conflict with Israel.
In the video, a man identifying himself as a reservist calls on Netanyahu to dismiss Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over his statements that called for a transfer of powers to a new authority in the strip as part of the military campaign.
While the ICJ's rulings are not legally binding and do not rule out limited military action, the decision has nonetheless raised concerns within Israeli circles. Despite it being in Hague, it is separate from the International Criminal Court, where this week the chief prosecutor officially requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders.
In the footage, the suspect threatens Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, stating that if he does not retract his statements, reserve soldiers will only follow the orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, beacause the former had been calling on the government to hand over power in the Gaza Strip to Palestinian Authority-related entities to counter Hamas.
The Biden administration is already grappling with the fallout from the conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Now, according to multiple senior administration officials who spoke to NBC News, there are worries the burgeoning Russia-North Korea partnership could spark a new crisis. They expressed particular concern about the possibility of Russia helping Pyongyang overcome final technical barriers to fielding a submarine capable of launching nuclear-armed missiles.
Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez were originally believed to be alive, but intelligence revealed they were killed in the Hamas onslaught.
The move would make Netanyahu the first foreign leader in history to address Congress four times, breaking his own record of three addresses shared with Winston Churchill.
International law expert Ido Rosenzweig believes the World Court may stop short of ordering an outright halt to the war, but "if an order is issued that Israel is unable to comply with, then it would be in violation of a binding order."
Chilling video shows Jamal Hussein Ahmad Radi and son Abdullah detailing horrific acts during the Hamas invasion: “My father raped her, then I did and then my cousin did and then we left but my father killed the woman after we finished raping her.”