UK won’t challenge ICC arrest warrant request for Netanyahu, Gallant

The United Kingdom has said it will not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

In May, the ICC’s prosecutor said he had requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, as well as three Hamas leaders, over alleged war crimes.

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