The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s chief prosecutor has called on judges to “urgently” rule on his request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over their involvement in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

“It is settled law that the court has jurisdiction in this situation,” Karim Khan wrote in a legal brief published on Friday.

He called on the judges on the pre-trial panel to “urgently render its decisions” on the requests he filed in May.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy was reportedly snubbed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Jerusalem after the UK withdrew its objection to the ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants.

On May 20, Khan requested warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for alleged war crimes. He included the two Israelis together with then-Hamas chief in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, “military” leader Mohammed Deif and political head Ismail Haniyeh. The latter two have since been assassinated.

The ICC has no jurisdiction in Israel as Jerusalem is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, which established the court. But the court claimed jurisdiction by accepting the “State of Palestine” as a signatory in 2015.

The 124 countries that are signatories to the Rome Convention are obligated to act on any arrest warrant it issues, raising the possibility that Netanyahu and Gallant could be placed under arrest while visiting these places.