The House passed a bipartisan bill to sanction the International Criminal Court on Thursday after the body issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant in November.

The US House voted overwhelmingly to sanction International Criminal Court officials, with dozens of Democrats siding with Republicans to advance the measure.

US House of Representatives has approved a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in response to the arrest warrants that tribunal issued against Israeli authorities for war crimes in the Gaza Strip.