A report from the Guardian newspaper alleges that a Mossad director had engaged in an intimidation campaign against then-International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to get her to drop an Israeli war crimes investigation.
Then-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is said to have pressured Bensouda in secret meetings to abandon a 2021 case into Israeli war crimes. Bensouda reportedly informed ICC officials of the "threatening" nature of the interactions.