The supreme leader of Iran, which backs the Hamas and Hezbollah militants fighting Israel in Gaza and Lebanon, said on Monday that death sentences should be issued for Israeli leaders, not arrest warrants.

Axar.az reports that, citing Reuters, Ali Khamenei was commenting on a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense chief and a Hamas leader, Ibrahim al-Masri.

“They issued an arrest warrant, that’s not enough... Death sentence must be issued for these criminal leaders,” Khamenei said, referring to the Israeli leaders.