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November 28, 2024 | 12:02 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Israel has announced its intention to challenge the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The ICC issued these warrants for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Israeli military invasion of Gaza.
The ICC issued arrest warrants on Thursday, November 21, for Netanyahu, Gallant, and Hamas military leader Ibrahim Al-Masri, known as Mohammed Deif.
The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20 that he was seeking arrest warrants for alleged crimes connected to the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas and the Israeli military response in Gaza.
As reported by Reuters, Israel has consistently rejected the jurisdiction of the court based in The Hague and denied any wrongdoing in Gaza. “Israel today submitted a notice to the International Criminal Court of its intention to appeal to the court, along with a demand to delay the execution of the arrest warrants,” Netanyahu's office said.
ICC spokesperson Fadi El Abdallah told journalists that any requests for an appeal would be up to the judges to decide.
The court's rules allow for the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution that would pause or defer an investigation or a prosecution for a year, with the possibility of renewing that annually. Furthermore, the country involved or a person named in an arrest warrant can also issue a challenge to the jurisdiction of the court or the admissibility of the case.
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