UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt Rafah offensive
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6N1PP)
ICJ president says humanitarian situation in Gaza's southernmost city is now classified as disastrous'
The UN's top court has ordered Israel to halt its assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah in a landmark ruling that will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country.
The president of the international court of justice, Nawaf Salam, said the humanitarian situation in Rafah had deteriorated further and was now classified as disastrous", meaning the ICJ's previously issued provisional measures do not fully address the consequences arising from the change in the situation".
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