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Hague: A judge, who was hearing the arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who attacked Gaza following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, recused herself from her position. The woman claimed that this is due to health reasons. The presiding judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is said to have withdrawn from the Israel-Hamas case for medical reasons. She was part of a three-judge court that is considering requests to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders.
The court published its decision on Friday, granting Romanian judge Yulia Motoc’s request to withdraw from the case “for medical reasons and the need to protect the proper administration of justice.” The court did not provide details of the decision, stating that “Judge Motok’s personal medical condition is entitled to confidentiality.” Slovenian judge Beti Hohler will take Motoc’s place. He was elected to the position of ICC judge last year. Prior to this, she had worked as a “trial” attorney in the prosecutor’s office.
There will be a delay in the hearing of the Netanyahu case
This decision by the judge is likely to further delay the decision at the request of the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. In May of this year, Khan requested the issuance of the order to prosecute Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and three Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, in the Gaza Strip and Israel for war crimes and crimes against humanity. run. Netanyahu called the prosecutor’s charges against him “scandalous” and an attack on the Israeli military and all of Israel. The other defendants in this case, Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammad Deef, were killed in the Israeli attack. (AP)
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