The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Nawaf Salam announced the verdict on the South Africa case against Israel and ordered Netanyahu-led the Israel government to halt its Rafah offensive.
Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice: “Israel must immediately hold its military offensive of any other action in the Rafah governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza, conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”
The ICJ announced the verdict with a 13-2 judges majority verdict.
Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice: “Israel must take effective measures to ensure the unimpeded access to the Gaza Strip of any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission or investigative body mandated by the competent organs of the UN to investigate allegations of genocide.”
Nawaf Salam, the president of the International Court of Justice, says the humanitarian situation in Rafah has “deteriorated further” since the last court order in March.
The humanitarian situation in Rafah is now classified as “disastrous”, he adds.
The ICJ has ordered Israel to report back to the court within one month over its progress in applying measures ordered by the institution.
It has also ordered Israel to open Rafah border crossing for humanitarian assistance.
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Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, says the court is not convinced that Israel’s evacuation efforts in Gaza are sufficient.
He said: “The court is not convinced that the evacuation efforts and the related measures that Israel affirms to have undertaken to enhance the security of civilians in the Gaza Strip and in particular those recently displaced from Rafah governorate sufficient to alleviate the immense risk, which the Palestinian population is exposed to as a result of the military offensive in Rafah.”
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) session has begun. The ICJ session is now underway, and the court will soon issue its ruling on South Africa’s emergency request.
More than 900,000 Palestinians have been displaced by fighting in just two weeks and now lack shelter, food, water, and medicine.
The International Court of Justice is holding a session to rule on an emergency request by South Africa for Israel to end its offensive on Rafah.
