Iran’s supreme leader has called for the execution of Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister.

“An arrest warrant for Netanyahu is not enough – he should be sentenced to execution” over alleged war crimes, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Monday.

Addressing a group of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps generals and Basij militia forces in Tehran, he said: “This is a war crime – the enemy has not achieved victory in Gaza or Lebanon.”

Khamenei added: “Bombing civilians’ homes in Gaza and Lebanon is not a victory.” It came as members of the meeting chanted: “Death to America”, “Death to Israel” and “Death to England”.

“The fools should not think that just because they bomb people’s homes, hospitals, and communities, they have won,” he said. “No, nobody considers this a victory.”

On Thursday, the ICC accused the Israeli prime minister, along with Yoav Gallant, Mr Netanyahu’s former defence secretary, and Mohammed Deif, a Hamas commander, of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Israel-Gaza conflict.

The move means that Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant are now at risk of being arrested in any of the 124 countries who are members of the Hague-based court.

Israel claimed Deif was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July, however, the ICC could not confirm this and so issued its arrest warrant.