Jonathan Frederic De Santos

Medics evacuate injured people and cancer patients from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2024, to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in a joint World Health Organization and Palestinian Red Crescent initiative. Photo by AFP

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/176074892050317473662058171730174021246Screen Shot 2024-10-29 at 11.53.10 AM.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Medics evacuate injured people and cancer patients from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2024, to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in a joint World Health Organization and Palestinian Red Crescent initiative. Photo by AFP"/>Medics evacuate injured people and cancer patients from the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on October 28, 2024, to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City in a joint World Health Organization and Palestinian Red Crescent initiative. Photo by AFP </div>THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court Friday rejected Israel&#x27;s bid to appeal against arrest warrants for its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war.In a ruling that made headlines around the world, the ICC last November found &quot;reasonable grounds&quot; to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore &quot;criminal responsibility&quot; for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.The ICC also issued arrest warrants for three top leaders from the Palestinian militant movement Hamas but dropped these after their deaths.The warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant sparked outrage in Israel and also in the United States, which has since slapped sanctions on top ICC officials.Netanyahu described it as an &quot;anti-Semitic decision&quot; and the then US president Joe Biden slammed it as &quot;outrageous&quot;.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/10/16/israel-threatens-to-resume-fighting-if-hamas-does-not-respect-gaza-truce-deal-0946">Israel threatens to resume fighting if Hamas does not respect Gaza truce deal </a></div>Israel had asked the court in May to dismiss the warrants while it weighed a separate challenge over whether the ICC had jurisdiction in the case.The court rejected this on July 16, saying there was &quot;no legal basis&quot; for quashing the warrants while the jurisdiction challenge was pending.A week later, Israel asked for leave to appeal that ruling, but judges ruled on Friday that &quot;the issue, as framed by Israel, is not an appealable issue.&quot;&quot;The Chamber therefore rejects the request,&quot; said the ICC in a complex, 13-page ruling.ICC judges are still weighing a wider Israeli challenge over jurisdiction.When the court originally issued the arrest warrants in November, it simultaneously rejected an Israeli appeal against its jurisdiction.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/10/8/greta-thunberg-alleges-torture-in-israeli-detention-after-flotilla-arrest-0850">Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after flotilla arrest </a></div>However, in April, the ICC&#x27;s Appeals Chamber ruled the Pre-Trial Chamber was wrong to dismiss the challenge and ordered it to look again in detail at Israel&#x27;s arguments.It is not clear when it will hand down a ruling on that issue.

In a ruling that made headlines around the world, the ICC last November found "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

In a ruling that made headlines around the world, the ICC last November found "reasonable grounds" to believe Netanyahu and Gallant bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

ICC rejects Israel appeal bid over arrest warrants

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ICC rejects Israel appeal bid over arrest warrants

Agence France-Presse

Published October 18, 2025 09:04 AM PHT

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