Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant described a request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants against him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “disgraceful” bid to interfere in the Gaza war. “The attempt by prosecutor Karim Khan to deny Israel the right to self-defence and to free its hostages must be rejected out of hand,” Mr Gallant said in a post on X.

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