World leaders split as ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his wife Sara during the state funeral ceremony of Israel's former president Yitzhak Navon at the Mt. Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem November 8, 2015. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - RTS612E

Paris (AFP) - Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Turkey -- and rights groups - welcomed the move.

The court also issued warrants for Israel's former defence minister as well as Hamas's military chief Mohammed Deif.