The Facts

• The UK, under the new leadership of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is expected to drop the previous government's objections to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, two sources told the New York Times on Thursday.The UK has dropped its objection to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

• After ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan in May issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant — alongside Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Deif — Britain's Conservative government under Rishi Sunak described the move "deeply unhelpful" and submitted an amicus brief on behalf of Israel in June.In May, Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the ICC, applied for arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant as well as Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Deif on suspicion of war crimes.

• The ICC initially set a July 12 deadline for the UK's legal submission. However, given the July 4 election that brought Starmer's party into power, the deadline was extended to July 26.The government of then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described the move as "deeply unhelpful" and submitted an amicus brief on behalf of Israel in June.