The International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan issued a veiled warning to Netanyahu to stop his intimidation tactics designed to prevent the issuance of arrest warrants against top Israeli leaders for war crimes, including in Gaza.

“The Office insists that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence its officials cease immediately,” he wrote in a post on X.

He spoke out after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli leaders had issued statements against the issuance of such warrants and US politicians had threatened to reimpose sanctions the Trump administration had leveled against the court, but which were rescinded by US President Joe Biden.