The International Court of Justice in Hague (ICJ) has ruled that Israel must immediately stop its military offensive and actions in Rafah, southern Gaza. The court, citing the "imminent danger" to the Palestinian people, ordered Israel to submit a report within a month on its progress in implementing the measures ordered today.
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Based on the court's ruling, Israel is invited:
Stop the military operation in Rafah; open the Rafah border crossing with Egypt for large-scale humanitarian input; ensure access to Gaza for fact-finding missions; report to the court within one month on its progress in implementing these measures.
Last week, South Africa asked the UN's highest judicial authority to order a halt to Israel's assault on Gaza, particularly Rafah, to ensure the survival of Palestinians.
The request for this emergency measure is part of a wider case brought before the Court by South Africa, accusing Israel of genocide.
Israel rejects South Africa's accusations that it violates the 1948 Genocide Convention.
The court has not accepted Israel's request to dismiss the case and has ordered it to refrain from acts of genocide against Palestinians, but has not ordered a halt to Israeli military operations.
South Africa has called for additional emergency measures to protect Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have found refuge.
On Monday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a separate court also based in The Hague, requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli defense minister and three Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes.
The ICC prosecutes individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, while the ICJ is the UN's highest body for disputes between states.
At the same time, the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, responded that "The irrelevant mandate of the anti-Semitic tribunal in The Hague must have only one answer: the capture of Rafah, the increase of military pressure and the complete destruction of Hamas – until complete victory in the war is achieved."
For some media, the Israelis did the "impossible"... They managed to evacuate 950,000 civilians safely within two weeks.
This argues an editorial in the well-known American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, thus giving credit to the Israeli achievement.
The report said the Americans were solemnly disappointed as the Biden administration opposed Israel's invasion of Rafah for months on the basis that Israel had "no credible plan" to evacuate the 1.3 million refugees. Civilians.
