Flightradar24, a flight tracking website, showed Netanyahu's private "Wing of Zion" plane flying over Greece, Italy and France on its way to the United States.
The three countries are parties to the Rome Statute and members of the International Criminal Court and are bound by its decisions, but their airspace was not closed to the aircraft.
The plane flew the same route it took in late December, when Netanyahu traveled to the United States to meet with US President Donald Trump.
In previous visits, Netanyahu had avoided entering the airspace of many countries for fear of arrest, but during his trip to New York last September to participate in the United Nations General Assembly meetings, he used the airspace of Greece and Italy, and did not enter French airspace.
On November 21, 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
The ceasefire agreement, in effect since October 10, 2025, attempted to end a two-year war of genocide that resulted in more than 72,000 Palestinian martyrs and over 171,000 wounded, along with widespread destruction affecting about 90 percent of civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.
On Wednesday, Netanyahu and his accompanying delegation arrived in Washington, ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump, according to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
On Tuesday afternoon, Netanyahu departed from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv for a visit to Washington, where he will meet with Trump to discuss Iran. He is scheduled to return to Israel on Friday morning, according to Hebrew media.
Last Friday, indirect negotiations took place between the United States and Iran in the Omani capital, Muscat, amid escalating tensions and a US military buildup in the region against Tehran. On Friday evening, Trump spoke of new negotiations between the two sides, saying they would take place "early" next week, without specifying a date.
Tehran believes that the US administration and Israel are fabricating pretexts for military intervention and regime change in it, and vows to respond to any military attack, even if it is limited, and insists on lifting the Western economic sanctions imposed on it in exchange for restricting its nuclear program.
Uranium enrichment is a major point of contention between the two sides, and Iran is demanding the lifting of sanctions in exchange for its commitment to restrict its nuclear program in a way that prevents the production of an atomic bomb.
In contrast, the United States demands that Iran completely halt its uranium enrichment activities and transfer its highly enriched uranium out of the country.
The US administration also sought to put Iran’s missile program and its support for armed groups in the region on the negotiating table, but Tehran repeatedly stressed that it would not negotiate on any issues other than its nuclear program.
