Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ruled that the United Kingdom can submit legal arguments to judges mulling the prosecution’s request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Reuters reports.

Court documents made public showed that the UK, an ICC member state, filed a request with the court earlier this month to provide written observations on whether “the court can exercise jurisdiction over Israeli nationals, in circumstances where Palestine cannot exercise criminal jurisdiction over Israeli nationals (under) the Oslo Accords”.

The judges said the court would also accept submissions from other interested parties on the legal issue but set a July 12 deadline for filings.

Granting the UK’s request might delay the judges’ pending decision on arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over Israel’s bombardment in Gaza, as ICC prosecutor Karim Khan had requested in May.