The International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, issued arrest warrants Thursday afternoon for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defense minister Yoav Galant and an Hamas commander believed to be dead.

Republicans in the United States House of Representatives and Senate as well as members of the incoming Trump administration had promised in recent days to take swift action to sanction and isolate the ICC if they issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials. The United States does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC.