A complaint filed this month to the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands on behalf of a bereaved Israeli family charges Iran with genocide and other egregious crimes for its involvement in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.
The complaint, filed by a relative of Shiri Bibas who was kidnapped and subsequently murdered with her two young sons in Gaza, charges the Islamic Republic with crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide, and seeks arrest warrants for Ali Khameni, Iran’s Supreme Leader, and Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“The IRGC, at the direction of the Iranian regime and specifically Khamenei and Qaani, knowingly and intentionally provided weapons to Hamas for the purpose of killing Jews, Israelis and other affiliated members of a protected group,” the complaint states.
The Bibas children, who became symbols of Israel’s anguish over the hostage crisis and the terrorists’ savagery, were murdered in captivity together with their mother.
Their bodies were returned as part of a hostage release deal in February. Shiri’s husband, Yarden Bibas, who was separately abducted from their agricultural community, was released three weeks earlier.
The complaint was filed by former U.S. Justice Department war-crimes prosecutor Eli Rosenbaum and the Nevada based human-rights attorney Elliot Malin on behalf of Maurice Shnaider, the uncle of Shiri Bibas.
Last year, the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then-defense minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders, due to alleged crimes against humanity during the Gaza war.
