The US government “strongly opposes” slapping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its chief prosecutor sparked outrage in Washington by applying for arrest warrants for top Israeli as well as Hamas officials over the Gaza war. The White House said Monday that while Washington was “deeply concerned about the ICC Prosecutor’s heedless rush to apply for arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials,” at the same time the government “opposes the imposition of sanctions against the ICC, its personnel, its judges, or those who assist its work.” ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan an…