Hungary announced it would leave the International Criminal Court during a visit by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an ICC arrest warrant.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban invited Netanyahu to Budapest a day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Hungary despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against him over the war in Gaza.

The announcement came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel arrived in the country for a visit despite facing an international arrest warrant.

Two close associates of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been remanded in custody for three days, following their arrest on Monday by Israeli police in connection with an investigation into suspected unlawful ties between the senior aides and Qatar,

Hungary's government has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, told state news agency MTI on Thursday.

Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), its government said Wednesday, according to The Associated Press, as the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Hungary's capital early Thursday to red carpet treatment despite a warrant for his arrest issued by the world's top war crimes court. It was only the second foreign trip Netanyahu has made since the International Criminal Court issued the warrant against him in November.

The visit comes as the Israeli prime minister faces an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court.