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.

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.

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,