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- An earlier ICC warrant for Hamas figure Ibrahim al-Masri was withdrawn following credible reports of his death.