Two of the targeted judges took part in proceedings that led to an arrest warrant issued last November for Netanyahu and the other two were part of investigations into alleged war crimes committed by US soldiers in Afghanistan.

The Trump administration imposed sanctions on four International Criminal Court judges over their roles in issuing an arrest warrant for Israel's Netanyahu and probing alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan.

The U.S. sanctions targeted four judges, two of whom authorized arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.