ICC replaces judge mulling request for Netanyahu arrest warrant 

THE HAGUE, Oct 26: The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday announced it would replace on health grounds one of the judges deciding on a prosecution request to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a move that could spark further delays in the case.

In May prosecutors asked for warrants for Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as well as three Hamas leaders, saying there were reasonable grounds that the men had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. 

The president of the ICC said the presiding judge in the case, Romanian magistrate Iulia Motoc, had asked to be replaced on health grounds on Friday and was immediately replaced with Slovenian ICC judge Beti Hohler.    —REUTERS