Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected one in a series of legal challenges brought by Israel against the court’s probe into its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza.

On appeal, judges refused to overturn a lower court’s decision that the prosecution’s investigation into alleged crimes under its jurisdiction can include events following the terror group’s onslaught of October 7, 2023, which started the war.

The ruling means the investigation continues, and the arrest warrants issued last year for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant remain in place.

Judges found there was reason to believe that the pair may have committed war crimes by restricting humanitarian aid and intentionally targeting civilians during the war — charges Israeli officials deny. Netanyahu’s office called the........

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