Rubio sanctions 4 ICC judges for "targeting" U.S. and Israel

• The action is "pursuant to" an executive order President Trump issued in February sanctioning the ICC following warrants it issued for the Israeli officials for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
• Neither the U.S. nor Israel recognizes the jurisdiction of the ICC, which has also issued an arrest warrant for a Hamas leader for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
• The ICC said in a statement Thursday that the measures were "a clear attempt to undermine the independence" of the court.

Driving the news: Rubio announced the measures against Judges Solomy Balungi Bossa, of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou, of Benin, and Beti Hohler, of Slovenia.

• He said in a statement they were "directly engaged in" ICC efforts "to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the United States or Israel, without consent from the United States or Israel," he said.

• "As ICC judges, these four individuals have actively engaged in the ICC's illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America or our close ally, Israel."
• The action means that all property and interests that the judges own in the U.S. "are blocked and must be reported" to the Treasury Department, per a Treasury statement.

What they're saying: Netanyahu thanked Trump and Rubio in a statement posted to X, saying they had "justly stood up for the right of Israel."