ICC's Karim Khan says 'senior UK official' threatened him over Israel investigation

International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan has accused a senior British official of threatening to withdraw UK support for the court if he pursued arrest warrants against Israeli leaders. The official is understood to be David Cameron, who was foreign secretary at the time of the alleged threat regarding the investigation into war crimes in Gaza. Khan's accusation was made in a statement submitted to the ICC's appeal chamber in response to an Israeli request for his removal from the investigation. The statement refutes Israel's claims that Khan rushed the warrants for personal reasons, detailing a timeline of the investigation that began in October 2023.