India, Sept. 25 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a very unusual flight route while travelling to the US for the UN General Assembly and a meeting with President Donald Trump, in an apparent effort to avoid countries that could enforce an outstanding arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

While Netanyahu's flight would normally fly over several European countries, flight tracker websites showed that this time, he flew the length of the Mediterranean Sea and over the Strait of Gibraltar after leaving Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

According to FlightRadar24, Netanyahu's flight briefly overflew Greece and Italy, but entirely avoided French and Spanish airspace, lengthening the duration of the flight. CNN report...