ICC maintains arrest warrant against Netanyahu

Published at: 17/07/2025 10:02 AM

Last Wednesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected Israel's request to annul the arrest warrants issued against genocidal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Likewise, the request to suspend the investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine.

According to the ruling of the court based in The Hague, it reaffirms the competence of the ICC to investigate events that occurred in the occupied Palestinian territories, despite intense diplomatic and political efforts on the part of the Israeli government and its allies, especially the United States (USA), expands Telesur.

The ruling issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the court details that “the procedure is ongoing and the requests submitted by the defense have been rejected because they do not have sufficient legal basis”.

The ICC investigation is led by prosecutor Karim Khan, who in May 2025 formally requested arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for their alleged responsibility for crimes committed during the Israeli military offensive in Gaza, as well as for the systematic use of hunger as a weapon of war and attacks against civilians.

Mazo News Team