“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.

ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan last month urged judges to rule on the warrants, sought also against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and others in the Palestinian militant group. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that its first legal brief outlined the ICC's "manifest lack of jurisdiction" in the case.

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Israel submitted formal legal challenges to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, disputing the court’s jurisdiction and questioning the legality of arrest warrants requested against Israeli leaders over their handling of the Gaza war.

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,

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.