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ICC Appeals Court Rejects Israeli Bid to Halt Gaza Probe

Judges found the court’s 2021 Palestine investigation already encompasses post–October 7 events.

Overview

  • The ruling upholds a lower court decision allowing prosecutors to examine alleged crimes linked to the Gaza war after October 7, 2023.
  • The investigation continues, and arrest warrants issued last year for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant remain in force.
  • Israel rejects the Hague court’s jurisdiction and denies committing war crimes in Gaza.
  • The decision resolves only one of several Israeli challenges to the ICC’s authority, with no timeline for rulings on the others.
  • An earlier ICC warrant for Hamas figure Ibrahim al-Masri was withdrawn following credible reports of his death.