Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday invited Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu to visit his country and confirmed he will not honor an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.

Hungary, unlike the United States, is a signatory to the court, which accused the Israeli leader of war crimes in Gaza. Responses to the warrant from other European countries were varied.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to visit Hungary but several other European nations said the Israeli premier would be detained if he set foot on their soil, following the issuing of an arrest warrant for him.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday said he would not comply with an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Orbán invited Netanyahu to visit Hungary and said Budapest would "deny the arrest warrant if he accepts the invitation.

Viktor Orban has invited Benjamin Netanyahu on a state visit to Hungary, defying the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for him.

Viktor Orban has vowed to defy the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – saying that the Israeli leader is invited to Hungary. The Hungarian prime minister branded the ICC’s decision as “brazen, cynical and completely unacceptable” and assured Mr Netanyahu he would face no risks if he visited Hungary.

Viktor Orban, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, said he rejects warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for several people Thursday, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of crimes that include "starvation as a method of warfare.