The International Criminal Court announced on Friday that it will change "for health reasons" one of the judges who will rule on a request by prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The presiding judge in that case, Romanian judge Iulia Motoc, asked for a replacement for health reasons on Friday, and was immediately replaced by Slovenian judge Betty Holer, the court's president said.

The replacement is expected to further delay the decision on whether to issue potential arrest warrants in the case, Reuters reported.