Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) reject one in a series of legal challenges brought by Israel against the court’s probe into its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza.
On appeal, judges refuse to overturn a lower court decision that the prosecution’s investigation into alleged crimes under its jurisdiction can include events following the Palestinian terror group’s onslaught of October 7, 2023, which started the war.
The ruling means the investigation continues, and the arrest warrants issued last year for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant remain in place.
Israel rejects the jurisdiction of the Hague-based court and denies it has committed war crimes in Gaza, where it has waged a military campaign it says is aimed at eliminating Hamas following the October 7 attacks.
This ruling focuses on only one of several Israeli legal challenges against the ICC investigations and the arrest warrants for its officials. There is no timeline for the court to rule on the various other challenges to its jurisdiction in this case.
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