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Israel submits challenge to ICC arrest warrant request for Netanyahu

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. [AFP]

Israel said on Friday it had submitted an "official challenge" to a request from the International Criminal Court prosecutor for an arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan in May requested the court to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

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