Donald Trump is considering sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) officials after it issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.

The prospect of punitive measures against the Hague-based court’s staff only increased after allies of the president-elect reacted with fury to the decision, with some in his administration calling for the ICC to be punished.

“The ICC has no credibility and these allegations have been refuted by the US government,” Mike Waltz, Mr Trump’s incoming national security adviser, said of the Israeli Prime Minister’s warrant.

“Israel has lawfully defended its people and borders from genocidal terrorists. You can expect a strong response to the antisemitic bias of the ICC & UN come January.”

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Mr Netanyahu as well as Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli defence minister, and Mohammed Deif, a Hamas commander, on Thursday over the Israel-Gaza conflict.

It was not exactly clear what Mr Trump could do with regard to the ICC when he takes office for a second time on Jan 20.

End of American involvement in ICC investigations?

He could end American involvement in ICC investigations into Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

Jim Risch, the Republican Senator, who is the incoming chair of the foreign relations committee, urged sanctions against the court’s top officials.

“While I supported the work the ICC was doing to prosecute Putin for his war crimes in Ukraine, I can no longer support an organisation that has blatantly chosen to disregard its mandate,” he said.

During his first term, Mr Trump introduced sanctions against one of the ICC’s top officials over the court’s investigation into alleged war crimes by the US in Afghanistan, and Israel in Palestine.

Announcing the measures, Mike Pompeo, then secretary of state,  branded the court a”thoroughly broken and corrupted institution”.

The Republican’s administration accused the Hague-based court of infringing on US sovereignty by investigating US troops, alongside the Taliban, for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

Phakiso Mochochoko, head of the ICC’s Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, was added to America’s Specially Designated Nationals list.

The list names the individuals and companies whose assets have been frozen by the US.

There was also a 2019 decision to restrict travel visas to a number of ICC officials.

The measures were all overturned by Joe Biden’s administration when the outgoing president took office in 2021.

The Telegraph has contacted Mr Trump’s transition team for comment.