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ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
21 November 2024, The Hague
Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court rejected Israel's challenges and issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, defence minister during the conduct in question.
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The Chamber found Israel's jurisdiction challenge premature and issued warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
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The warrants cover the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution and other inhumane acts, and, as civilian superiors, the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population.
starvation as a method of warfare
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Dates itThe conduct covered runs from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, when the Prosecution applied for the warrants.
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The executive order cites the warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.
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