In a press release Thursday, the ICC said it had accepted Israel’s appeal for a reconsideration of court jurisdiction over crimes committed on Palestinian territory.
However, he added that the issue does not affect the situation of the arrest warrant.
The issue of jurisdiction resides whether the ICC can prosecute individuals for alleged crimes committed in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, he said.
The court emphasized that Israel’s acceptance of its jurisdiction is not a prerequisite for ongoing investigation.
“The investigation shows that Netanyahu and the brave superintendent targeted civilians and used starvation as a way of war.”
In November 2024, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and his former military minister, Joab Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes related to Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
The ruling required all 125 countries that signed the Roman law that established the ICC, and required that the pair be bound and waived in courts under the Hague.
The Israeli Prime Minister traveled to Hungary, a member of the ICC earlier this month.
The ICC asked the Hungarian government to arrest him, but Budapest refused to follow the request and immediately announced he would leave the court.
The ICC accused Hungary of refusing to comply with the arrest warrant against Netanyahu.
Court spokesman Fadi el Abdallah said the ICC party was not “unilaterally determining the soundness of the court’s legal decisions.”
The spokesman further said participating countries must enforce the court’s decision.
Israel unleashed the war of massacre with Gaza on October 7, 2023. This is after Hamas Resistance Group implemented historic operations against occupying groups in retaliation for the intensified atrocities against the Palestinians by the regime.
The Tel Aviv administration has so far killed at least 51,355 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 117,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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