Democrats are coming out divided against the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday following a prosecutor's decision to pursue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’ top leaders, with one lawmaker describing it as "retribution against Israel for the original sin of existing as a Jewish State." 

Rep. Richie Torres, D-N.Y., made the pointed remark as ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said his office has "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, its top political leader Ismail Haniyeh and its military commander Mohammed Dief have committed "war crimes and crimes against humanity" since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7. 

"Israel is not a member of the ICC and therefore the ICC has no jurisdiction. The decision to seek arrest warrants is not law but politics," Torres said in a statement. "It is not justice but rather retribution against Israel for the original sin of existing as a Jewish State and the subsequent sin of defending itself amid the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.  

"Today’s decision in effect makes it criminal for a state like Israel to defend itself against an enemy shrewd enough to embed itself in a civilian population, as Hamas has done to an extent never seen before in the history of warfare," he continued. 

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"But for October 7th and Hamas’ unprecedented militarization of its own civilian population and infrastructure, there would be no war in Gaza and no humanitarian crisis among Gazans," Torres also said. "Hamas is the cause of everything tragic that has ensued and Hamas alone should be the target of criminal prosecution." 

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Fellow New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who previously has said Israel is carrying out a "genocide" in Gaza and has been implementing a "forced famine," said on Monday that "I think my role as much as possible broadly is ... that we cease U.S. funding for human rights abuses, war crimes and violations abroad. 

"And what we see happening in Gaza, in the West Bank and throughout Palestine has been a broad – and as we've seen even from this morning that with the ICC’s designation as well of both Sinwar and Netanyahu – that this is happening, and it's occurring this should not happen with U.S. resources," she added. 

Fox News’ Tyler Olson contributed to this report. 

Long Island police have returned to the Massapequa Park home of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann.

His wife Asa Ellerup, who filed for divorce shortly after his arrest last summer, and their adult children were not home at the time, according to her lawyer, Bob Macedonio.

"I can confirm police activity at the house," he said, declining to comment further. Investigators are believed to have obtained a new search warrant for the home, where they spent nearly two weeks searching last year.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said, "As District Attorney Tierney has previously stated, the work of the Gilgo Beach Homicide Task Force is continuing. We do not comment on investigative steps while ongoing." 

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The latest search comes weeks after police K-9s were seen digging through the forest in Manorville, about 40 miles away, in an investigation that may be related.

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Heuermann is accused of killing four women whose remains were found in the brush along a quiet stretch of Ocean Parkway in 2010 – Melissa Barthelemy, 24; Megan Waterman, 22; Amber Costello, 27; and Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25. 

The "Gilgo Four," as Heuermann's alleged victims have become known, were among 11 bodies discovered after police received a haunting 911 call from Shannan Gilbert in 2010.

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Two of the other victims, Jessica Taylor and Valerie Mack, were dismembered and dumped in separate locations. Police first discovered their partial remains in Manorville in 2000 and 2003. Additional remains of both victims were uncovered in the search for Gilbert in 2011.

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Heuermann faces three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail.

Heuermann was born and raised in Massapequa Park, New York.

He bought his childhood home from his mother in the 1990s and moved his family there.

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Neighbors described him as a quiet businessman who carried a briefcase to the nearby train station, wearing a three-piece suit to head into his Manhattan office, where he was an architect. 

Heuermann has pleaded not guilty to the Gilgo Four murders and has not been named a suspect in the other deaths.

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