CAIRO – Judges at the top United Nations court on May 24 ordered Israel to halt military operations in the besieged city of Rafah in southern Gaza, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on Israel.
Reading out the court’s ruling, ICJ president Nawaf Salam said provisional measures ordered by the court in March have not fully addressed the situation in the enclave now. Mr Salam was reading the court’s ruling on a request to order Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the enclave, in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide.
The ruling comes as Israeli forces stepped up military strikes on Gaza on May 24, with heavy fighting reported in Jabalia in the north and tanks pushing further into Rafah. It said the bodies of Mr Hanan Yablonka, Mr Michel Nisenbaum and Mr Orion Hernandez Radoux were recovered overnight in a joint operation by the army and the intelligence services in Jabalia.“We will not stop fighting for their freedom,” said Rear-Admiral Hagari in a televised statement announcing the recovery of the three bodies. “Every decent country would do the same.”
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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