Israel submitted on Friday formal challenges to the International Criminal Court over its jurisdiction and the legality of arrest warrant requests against Israeli leaders for their conduct of the Gaza war,

“Israel detailed the ICC prosecutor's wrongful breach of the Court's Statute and the principle of complementarity, in failing to provide Israel with the opportunity to exercise its right to investigate by itself the claims raised by the prosecutor before proceeding,” Marmorstein said.

JERUSALEM: Israel said on Friday (Sep 20) that it had submitted an "official challenge" to a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Prime M

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is tasked with prosecuting individuals for the most serious offenses, such as genocide and war crimes. The ICC recently requested arrest warrants for Hamas’s leaders,

Israel has formally contested the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction and the legality of arrest warrants against its leaders over the Gaza war. These filings may delay the court's decision on the warrants,

The Israeli Foreign Ministry appeal challenges both the authority of the court and the legality of the arrest warrants

Israel has launched a legal challenge to the attempt by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to secure arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant.