A spokesman for the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell criticized the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in line with the EU’s opposition to “extrajudicial killings.”
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor was seeking an arrest warrant for Haniyeh on various charges of war crimes, the spokesman added.
The spokesman also called for maximum restraint “because no country and no nation stands to gain from furthered escalation in the Middle East and in the wider region.”
Iran and Hamas accuse Israel of killing Haniyeh in an airstrike as he visited Tehran. Israel has not yet officially responded to the claims.
