A joint statement of Group of Seven foreign ministers is set to avoid mentioning the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite an effort by the Italian hosts to find a common position on it.

The ICC issued arrest warrants last Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict. Israel condemned the decision as shameful and absurd.

All G7 countries except for US are members of ICC; meaning they would have to arrest Israeli PM if he travels there

G7 avoids explicitly mentioning warrants at end of summit but says Israel has to comply with international humanitarian law

G7 leaders are facing a tough decision: whether to execute the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or continue cooperating with him to resolve the Middle East conflict,

All of the other G7 countries are members of the ICC – meaning they would have to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travelled there

The G7 foreign ministers, meeting in Italy, chose to avoid directly addressing the ICC's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in their joint statement. While emphasizing adherence to International Humanitarian Law,

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies plan to reach a common position on the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at their meeting on Monday.