UN Supreme Court Orders Israel to End Military Operations in Rafah

 

UN Supreme Court Orders Israel to End Military Operations in Rafah

The UN Supreme Court on Friday ordered Israel to immediately halt military offensives in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, but no ceasefire to put the enclave in order. Didn't ask for it. Israel is unlikely to comply with this order, but it will put further pressure on the increasingly isolated country.

Criticism of Israel's actions in the Gaza war has increased, especially since the country focused on Rafah. This week alone, three European countries announced they would recognize a Palestinian state, and another international tribunal's chief prosecutor sought arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and Hamas officials.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also under intense pressure at home to end the war sparked by attacks on Israel by Hamas-led extremists that have killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians. Approximately 250 people were taken prisoner. Thousands of Israelis, fearing time is running out, have taken part in weekly demonstrations calling on the government to reach a deal to return the hostages.

The ICJ's judgment is a blow to Israel's international reputation, but the court lacks the police power to enforce its orders. In another case, Russia has so far ignored a 2022 court order to halt a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Israel has also previously indicated its intention to refuse a cease and desist order from the International Court of Justice. Government spokesman Avi Heyman told a news conference on Thursday that no force in the world can stop Israel from protecting its own people and pursuing Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Immediately after the ruling, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he would hold a special cabinet meeting to decide on a response. Opposition leader Yair Lapid ridiculed the decision.

The fact that the ICJ did not even directly link the end of the military operation in Rafah to the release of the hostages or Israel's right to defend itself against terrorism was a disastrous moral failure, he said.

The judge's presiding officer, Nawaf Salam, read out the ruling as a small group of pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside.

The concerns the court expressed earlier this year about the operation in Rafah have become a reality, the ruling said, and Israel must continue its military attacks in the city and anywhere else that could create conditions that would induce or partially cause physical destruction. The Palestinians should immediately stop there.

Rafah is on the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip, on the border with Egypt, and more than a million people have taken refuge there in recent months, fleeing fighting elsewhere. Many of them live in overcrowded tent camps. Israel has vowed to invade Rafah for months, claiming it is Hamas' last major stronghold, despite multiple allies warning that a major attack would be catastrophic. Ta.

Israel began issuing evacuation orders about two weeks ago as operations began on the outskirts of the city. Since then, troops have pushed deeper into the interior, and the military says an estimated 1 million people have left.

Rafah is also home to an important border crossing for aid, and although commercial trucks continue to enter Gaza, the flow of aid arriving there has declined since the attacks began. says the United Nations.

The court ordered Israel to maintain the Rafah border closure, stating that "the humanitarian situation can now be described as catastrophic."

However, like South Africa, which filed the lawsuit, it did not call for a complete ceasefire across the Gaza Strip. , he asked during a public hearing last week.

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