Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Friday said there could be options for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the Netherlands without being arrested, despite the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against him.

The Foreign Ministry did not say outright that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would be free to travel to France, but it argued that an I.C.C. rule on immunity may apply to him.

Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Warrants have also been issued for Netanyahu's former defence chief Yoav Gallant and senior Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri,

British foreign minister David Lammy said on Wednesday he would continue to talk and meet with Benjamin Netanyahu after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against the Israeli prime minister for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

France says it intends to continue to work in close collaboration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite the arrest warrant issued for him by the world’s top war crimes court

The warrants, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, are based on allegations that Netanyahu and Gallant starved Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A separate press release announced that an arrest warrant had also been issued for Muhammad Deif, Hamas' military chief, for crimes against humanity over his role in planning and executing the Oct. 7 attack and hostage-taking in southern Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces said in August that it had killed him in an airstrike.

France said on Wednesday it believed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had immunity to actions by the International Criminal Court which is seeking his arrest for alleged war crimes in Gaza, given Israel has not signed up to the court statutes.

Israel's prime minister and former defence minister strongly deny allegations of war crimes in Gaza.