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On November 21, 2024, the Pre-Trial Chamber I (PTC) fast-forwarded the proceedings in the Situation in the State of Palestine before the International Criminal Court (ICC). First, the three-judge panel unanimously rejected Israel’s challenge, submitted on September 26, 2024, based on Article 18(1) of the Rome Statute. Second, the same PTC rejected a second challenge, submitted by Israel on September 28, 2024, based on Article 19 of the Statute (lack of jurisdiction). After having “cleared the decks,” finally, on the same day, the PTC issued three arrest warrants against the residing Prime Minister of Israel - Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Minister of Defense of Israel - Yoav Gallant, and Mohammed Diab Ibrahim AL-MASRI, more commonly known as DEIF (Commander-in-Chief of the military wing of Hamas, known as the Al-Qassam Brigades).