He has also demanded that “unhindered access” to Gaza be guaranteed for “any investigative committee” to “investigate allegations of genocide” against the Israeli army and government, and has ordered him to “keep open” the Rafah crossing for the access of humanitarian services. staff.
The international Court of Justice (ICJ) instructed Israel to do this on Friday stop your offensive immediately over the city of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation is currently ‘disastrous’.
In his opinion, issued on Friday, the president of the court said: Nawaf Salamhas stated that Israel has failed to convince the court of the measures it says it has taken to improve the security of civilians in the Gaza Strip, and in particular the hundreds of thousands who died in the past two weeks at the beginning of its last displaced persons have been displaced. operation in the city.
Therefore, “Israel must immediately suspend its military offensive and any other action in Rafah Governorate that could harm the Palestinian population. living conditions which may cause their physical destruction, in whole or in part.
Moreover, the Court urges Israel to do so “effective measures” guaranteeing “unhindered access to the Gaza Strip” to “any investigative commission, fact-finding mission or investigative body authorized by the competent UN bodies to investigate accusations of genocide“, and ordered that the Rafah border crossing be “opened” for access by the humanitarian help to the Strip.
For this reason and in its new judgment, the court does not do this alone reaffirms the measures precautions it issued in January and March to prevent an extermination in Gaza, but also calls on Israel to “immediately suspend its military offensive.”
Finally, the ICJ gives Israel jurisdiction period of one month begins today to submit a report containing all measures to be taken to comply with this new ruling; a document that will later be assessed by the court.
All these additional measures have been approved by the Court 13 votes in favor with two against, that of the vice-president of the court, Julia Sebutinde, and of the Israeli judge Aharon Barak.
Source: EITB
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