The warrant was issued to Netanyahu, his former defense minister Gallant, and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes.

Boris Johnson has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “effectively standing with Hamas” over the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.The former Tory prime minister claimed that the Government had “cravenly endorsed” the decision of the Hague-based court to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli leader as well as Yoav Gallant,

The ICC accused them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory.