(BSS/AFP) - G7 ministers meeting in Italy next week will discuss the International Criminal Court`s arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday, saying the issue required further analysis.

Israel and its allies denounced the ICC`s decision on Thursday to issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli premier, even as Turkey -- and rights groups -- welcomed the move.

Meloni`s hard-right coalition government appeared divided.

Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Thursday that Italy would have to arrest Israel`s premier if he visited, only for Meloni`s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, to say Netanyahu would be welcome in Italy.

"In the coming days I will delve deeper into the reasons that led to the ICC`s decision. Reasons that should always be objective and not political in nature," Meloni said in a statement.

She said the issue would be put on the agenda of a meeting of Group of Seven foreign ministers in Fiuggi, near Rome, on Monday and Tuesday.

The ICC also issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu`s former defence minister and for Hamas`s military chief Mohammed Deif.

"One point remains clear from this government -- there cannot be an equivalence between the responsibility of the state of Israel and the terrorist organisation Hamas," Meloni said.