Iran launched a scathing attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing him as a “wanted war criminal” with “Arab, American and Iranian blood on his hands”. Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi accused Netanyahu of hiding behind the United States while putting American lives and resources at stake amid the West Asia conflict.
France said that allowing the flight broke no rule. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict. In September, the Israeli Prime Minister flew to New York. He crossed the airspace of three countries that were bound by a treaty to arrest him. He then delivered a combative address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). All the while he remained the subject of an ICC arrest warrant. In New York, mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had campaigned on the promise of arresting Netanyahu if he came to the American city, had already conceded he had no power to do so.
