The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over allegations against Israel.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, and Beti Hohler of Slovenia.
"These individuals directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without consent from the United States or Israel," Rubio said.
The sanctions against the Hague-based court are related to Trump Feb. 6 executive order.
He signed the executive order punishing the ICC in response to its May 2024 arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel's former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity amid Israel's ongoing conflict against Hamas.
"Thank you President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio for imposing sanctions against the politicized judges of the ICC," Netanyahu wrote on X. "You have justly stood up for the right of Israel, The United States and all democracies to defend themselves against savage terror."