US and European military officials have issued a legal brief urging the ICC to reject requests by prosecutor Karim Khan for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on alleged war crimes.

The officials are members of The Higher Level Military Group and consist of generals and military legal experts who have visited military bases and humanitarian sites in Israel and Gaza.

The brief addressed the two central allegations that Israel intentionally starved Gazan civilians and that its military ordered the killing of Palestinian civilians.