The International Court of Justice has unanimously ordered Israel to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the Gaza Strip’s population and halt spreading famine.The order from the ICJ, also known as World Court, came as Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters battled in close combat around Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, where the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they attacked Israeli soldiers and tanks with rockets and mortar fire.
“We welcome any new demands to end this humanitarian tragedy in Gaza and especially in the northern Gaza Strip, but we hoped the court ordered a ceasefire as an absolute solution to all the miseries our people in Gaza are living through,” Naim told Reuters.The UN Security Council voted this week to demand an immediate ceasefire by Israel and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages by Hamas.
Ismail al-Thawabta, the director of the Gaza Hamas-run government media office, said the Israeli army was carrying out “field killings and executions against hundreds of civilians”, when asked about the army statement. Israel says it is targeting Hamas militants who use civilian buildings, including apartment blocks and hospitals, for cover. Hamas denies doing so.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said seven people working for the organisation arrested in a raid on Amal on February 9 had been released after 47 days in Israeli prisons.
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