ICJ demands implementation of Gaza measures, but no new action on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News

Top UN court notes ‘perilous’ situation but rejects South African request to order urgent measure to safeguard civilians.

The top United Nations court said that it notes the “perilous” situation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but has declined South Africa’s request for urgent measures to safeguard Palestinians being threatened by an Israeli ground assault there.

“The Court notes that the most recent developments in the Gaza Strip, and in Rafah in particular, ‘would exponentially increase what is already a humanitarian nightmare with untold regional consequences’, as…