Colombia’s president has called on the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the regime’s genocidal war on the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Colombian president Gustavo Petro announced a decision that the country will cut off its diplomatic ties with Israel over what the senior official described as ‘genocidal’ war on Gaza.

Chile and Colombia have recalled their ambassadors from the occupied lands amid Israel’s brutal massacre of Palestinian despite global calls for ceasefire.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed Colombian government in cutting diplomatic relations with Israeli regime over its brutal attacks against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Petro denounced “the genocide” carried out by Israeli occupation aircraft in Gaza, demanding the protection of health sector workers. He went on to stress that systematic attacks on civilians and genocide must be stopped and international law adhered to.

Speaking before noon on Sunday, Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said in the ceremony of receiving the credentials of, the non-resident ambassador of the Republic of Colombia, while wishing him success in his mission in Tehran, expressed the Islamic Republic of Iran's will is to expand relations with Latin American countries.