The Hague: A female judge, who was hearing the arrest warrant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who struck Gaza following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, has recused herself from the bench. The woman has cited health reasons behind this. It is being told that the presiding judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has withdrawn from hearing the Israel-Hamas case on medical grounds. She was one of a three-judge bench that is considering requests to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and senior Hamas leaders.
The court published its decision on Friday, accepting Romanian judge Yulia Motoc's request to withdraw from the case “on medical grounds and the need to protect the proper administration of justice.” Had requested. The court did not provide details of the decision, saying “Judge Motok's personal medical condition is entitled to confidentiality”. Slovenian judge Beti Hohler has been added to the bench in Motoc's place. He was elected to the post of ICC judge last year. Prior to this, she had worked as a 'trial' lawyer in the prosecution office of the court.
There will be a delay in the hearing of Netanyahu's case
This decision of the female judge is likely to further delay the decision at the request of the court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan. In May this year, Khan requested the issuance of the warrant 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. Let it be run. Netanyahu called the prosecutor's charges against him “outrageous” and an attack on the Israeli military and all of Israel. The other accused in this case, Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammad Deef, have been killed in the Israeli attack. (AP)
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