US President Joe Biden slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling its arrest warrants against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant “outrageous”, Paralel.Az reports citing AFP.

Biden reacted to the arrest warrants against the top Israeli leaders on Thursday, just hours after the White House released a statement and rejected the court’s ruling.

“Whatever the ICC might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas,” the POTUS said shortly after the international tribunal issued the arrest warrants against the Israeli leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

“We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security,” he added.