Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich says ICC is seeking his arrest

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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that the ICC prosecutor has sought a confidential arrest warrant against him and vowed to retaliate by waging "war" on the Palestinian Authority, ordering the evacuation of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. The claim regarding the ICC warrant remains unconfirmed by the court; Smotrich's retaliation threat marks an escalation in tensions between the Israeli government and Palestinian governance structures.

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