Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett responded to the ICC decision to open an investigation, calling it a "farce."

"The ICC is an anti-Semitic organization that is trying to tie Israel’s hands from defending itself.

"As former minister of defense of the State of Israel, I can be very clear: Israel and its soldiers will continue to defend itself, defend democracy, defend our values in the face of the most radical Islamic terror in the world, and no ICC will stop us from doing that."