Israel filed an official petition to the International Criminal Court that it drop the prosecutor’s request to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.

“Israel initiated two separate legal proceedings,” the Foreign Ministry statement read.

The first legal case challenges the legal authority of the ICC to file such arrest warrants, the statement said. The second proceeding argues that chief prosecutor Karim Khan violated the court’s constitution and the principle of complementarity by not granting Israel the right to investigate itself the claims made by the ICC.