THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The U.N. Supreme Court on Friday rejected South Africa’s request to impose emergency measures to protect Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but Israel said it had previously imposed the measures late last month in preparation for the Gaza Strip. He also emphasized the need to respect the measures taken. An epoch-making massacre.
The International Court of Justice said in a statement that the “dangerous situation” in Rafah “demands the immediate and effective implementation of the interim measures” it ordered on January 26.
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It said no new order was needed as existing measures “apply throughout the entire Gaza Strip, including Rafah.”
The World Court added that Israel is “obligated to continue to fully comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention” and urges Israel to do everything in its power to prevent death, destruction and any acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Added the Jan. 26 ruling.
The court quoted United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as saying, “Recent developments in the Gaza Strip, and in particular in Rafah, “dramatically overturn what is already a humanitarian nightmare, with incalculable consequences for the region.” “It will increase the number of people living in Japan,” he said.
South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel in The Hague. ((Reuters/Mike Hutchings))
Israel has identified Rafah as the last remaining Hamas stronghold in Gaza and has vowed to continue its attacks there. An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza’s population, are packed into the city, most of them refugees fleeing fighting elsewhere in Gaza.
Israel says it will evacuate civilians before the attack, but international aid workers say they have nowhere to go due to the vast destruction left behind by the attack.
South Africa on Tuesday issued an “urgent request” to the International Court of Justice to consider whether an Israeli military operation targeting the southern Gaza city of Rafah violates an interim order the court made last month in a case alleging genocide. announced that it had been submitted.
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The court’s statement was released on the Jewish Sabbath, when government offices are closed, and there was no immediate comment from Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
Israel on Thursday asked the World Court to reject what it called South Africa’s “highly peculiar and unreasonable” demands.
Israel strongly denies genocide in the Gaza Strip, saying it is doing everything it can to save civilians and targeting only Hamas militants. Hamas’ tactics of infiltrating civilian areas make it difficult to avoid civilian casualties.
The interim measures ordered last month came at a preliminary stage in a lawsuit brought by South Africa accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention.
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The court also called on Hamas to release the hostages it still holds. Hamas called on the international community to force Israel to implement the court’s order.
South Africa’s court movement is rooted in issues that are central to its identity. The country’s ruling African National Congress party has long compared Israel’s policies in Gaza and the West Bank to its own history under the white-controlled apartheid regime, which restricted the majority black population. To my “hometown”. Apartheid ended in he 1994.
