South Africa has asked the international court of justice to urgently order Israel to end its assault on Rafah, halt its military campaign across Gaza, and allow international investigators and journalists into the territory.expanded a written request for judges to issue an emergency order to stop the offensive into Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.
“If the court does not act now the possibility of rebuilding a viable Palestinian society in Gaza will be destroyed, at least for the lifetime of those who survive the current horrors of Gaza.” The hearing came after South Africa applied for new provisional orders to prevent “irreparable harm”, while the court hears its main case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. Judges are expected to take years to reach a decision in that case.
Israel, which has attacked South Africa’s claim that it has violated the 1948 genocide convention, calling that baseless, will present its response in a hearing on Friday morning. Israel’s government, which has vowed to “destroy” Hamas, says the incursion into Rafah is needed because fighters are sheltering among the civilians who fled there on Israeli orders.
The UN aid chief, Martin Griffiths, warned that food stocks were running out after the attack on Rafah effectively cut off imports of aid through the two southern crossings that were the main entry points. Griffiths said the humanitarian operation was “completely stuck”, Reuters reported.
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