The International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister “ignores” the country’s right to defend itself, Argentina’s leader said according to AFP.

Argentina “declares its deep disagreement” with the decision, which “ignores Israel’s legitimate right to self-defence against the constant attacks by terrorist organisations like Hamas and Hezbollah,” President Javier Milei said in a statement on the X social media network.

“Israel faces brutal aggression, inhumane hostage-taking and indiscriminate attacks on its population,” Milei said in his reaction to the ICC warrants.

“Criminalising the legitimate defence of a nation while ignoring these atrocities is an act that distorts the spirit of international justice,” he added.