Italian official says Netanyahu would be arrested if he came to Italy

Italy would have to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he came to the country, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday following the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Crosetto told RAI television’s Porta a Porta program that he believed the ICC was “wrong: but said that if Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant “were to come to Italy, we would have to arrest them” under international law.

Earlier in the day, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant as well as Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif.

The unprecedented move drew a furious reaction from Netanyahu, who denounced it as antisemitic