ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive immediately


LONDON/GENEVA: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday (May 24) ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah, a city in southern Gaza Strip where it sent forces on May 6, reported Anadolu Agency.

"Israel must immediately hold its military offensive or any other action in the Rafah governorate which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza, conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” said Judge Nawaf Salam, president of the ICJ.

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