Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Sunday to defeat Palestinians attempts to "drag IDF soldiers and commanders to the International Criminal Court in The Hague."
The remarks come after Palestinians took steps to join the International Criminal Court. The court focuses on cases of severe war crimes.
"The Palestinian Authority has chosen confrontation with the State of Israel, and we will not sit with folded hands," Netanyahu said. "Those who need to answer before a criminal court are the heads of the Palestinian Authority, who have forged an alliance with the war criminals of Hamas."
"IDF soldiers will continue to defend the State of Israel with determination and might. Just as they defend us, we will protect them with that same determination and the same might."