Hungary announces plans to leave ICC as Netanyahu arrives

The Hungarian government has said it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court as Budapest defies an international arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. DW has the latest.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest on Thursday for his first European visit since 2023, defying an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban invited Netanyahu last November, a day after the ICC issued the warrant over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Shortly after Netanyahu's arrival, Budapest announced that it would withdraw from the ICC.

Here are the latest developments in Israel, Gaza, Syria and the wider Middle East on Thursday, April 3: