Meet the man in charge of prosecuting war crimes

When thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded throughout Lebanon last week, it was a success for the planners of the attack.

Was it also a war crime, with dozens of people killed and some 3,000 people injured?

That type of question, along with all of the ensuing questions about whether to prosecute, how to prosecute, falls to Karim Khan, the lead prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, which was set up two decades ago to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity.

As for saying whether the attack constitutes a war crime, Khan says he can't answer.

"I need to be very disciplined, in terms of what I say. We don't have jurisdiction in relation to Lebanon. Lebanon is not a state party, unlike Palestine. We're focusing on situations that are clearly, we say, within our jurisdiction."

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Prosecuting the Israel/Hamas war

Back in May, the ICC applied for arrest warrants against leaders of Hamas, and Israeli leaders Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Last week, Israel's foreign ministry filed a petition to appeal the warrant, and the foreign ministry says that the ICC failed to, "provide Israel with the opportunity to exercise its right to investigate by itself the claims raised by the prosecutor before proceeding."

Does Khan agree with that assessment?

"Well, no is the short answer. I've said it repeatedly, publicly, that we're investigating, only the crimes alleged against Hamas but also that Israel and leaders in Israel have responsibilities to comply with international law," Khan told Co