Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major industrialized countries announced on Tuesday that their countries will fulfill their obligations regarding the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while Italy said the procedures for implementing the warrant were unclear.

"We reaffirm our commitment to international humanitarian law and will fulfil our own obligations," the group's foreign ministers said in a joint statement following talks near Rome.

The ministers referred to what they called "Israel's right to defend itself" and that it must fully comply with its obligations under international law in all circumstances, including international humanitarian law.

The ministers added, "We stress that there can be no equivalence between the terrorist Hamas movement and the State of Israel," according to their statement.

The G7 includes Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, the United States and Italy (the host country), and the countries that are members of the ICC must arrest Netanyahu if he travels to their territories.

For its part, Italy said on Tuesday that it was ready to respect its obligations regarding the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against two Israeli officials, but "clarification is needed on how it will work" regarding Netanyahu.

"We always implement commitments, but we have to understand what these commitments are," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said at a news conference, noting that it was not clear "whether senior state officials have immunity from prosecution."

Last week, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Galant, angering Israel and its allies, including the United States, which is not a member of the court.

The court's arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Galant on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes came more than a year after the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which left tens of thousands of Palestinian dead and wounded, amid a humanitarian situation described as catastrophic and a worsening famine.