UN’s top court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah

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UN’s top court orders ******* to halt military offensive in Rafah

The International Court of Justice displayed on a smartphone, with the flag of ******* visible in the background in Brussels, Belgium, on May 20, 2024. 

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The U.N.’s top court, the International Court of Justice, on Friday ordered ******* to cease its military offensive in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, citing concerns over the safety of ************ civilians.

“******* must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah governorate which may inflict on the ************ group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” ICJ President Nawaf Salam said.

The court noted that circumstances in Rafah had deteriorated further since the ICJ’s last ruling in March, and that the provisional measures that the ICJ instructed at the time no longer cover current circumstances.

The court further found that evacuation and other measures undertaken by ******* in Rafah were not sufficient. CNBC has reached out to the ******** prime minister’s office for comment.

“******* must take effective measures to ensure the unimpeded access to the Gaza Strip of any commission of inquiry, fact-finding mission or other investigative body mandated by competent order of the ******* Nations to investigate allegations of genocide,” the ruling said, qualifying a “catastrophic” situation in the Gaza enclave.

Known as the World Court, the ICJ issues rulings that are final and without appeal, but that the court cannot directly enforce. Its pronouncements nevertheless deal heavy reputational blows and risk deepening *******’s international isolation, amid growing concerns abroad over the proportionality of its response in the Gaza conflict.

Earlier this month, ******* advanced its military campaign into Rafah, where more than 1 million of displaced ************ people have sought shelter.

South ******* called on the ICJ to rule on the Rafah offensive, as part of a broader case initiated in December by the ******** nation that requested the Court’s pronouncement over potential genocide risks resulting from *******’s broader military campaign in the Gaza Strip. The World Court has so far pronounced that ******* must take steps to prevent genocide against civilians trapped in the besieged enclave, but has fallen short of mandating a cease-*****.

******* maintains that its objectives in the Gaza Strip are not to target civilians but to eliminate ************ militant group ******, which claimed over 1,200 lives in the Oct. 7 ******* ******* in *******, according to official figures. The ensuing *******-****** war has ******* more than 35,000 people in Gaza, according to ************ health authorities there.

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