News Alert: ICJ Orders Israel to 'Immediately Halt Its Military Offensive' in Rafah

 

ICJ Orders Israel to 'Immediately Halt Its Military Offensive' in Rafah May 24, 2024 The International Court of Justice on Friday ordered Israel to end its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah "immediately" and to open the southern border crossing from Egypt to allow for the flow of crucial life-saving humanitarian aid. "The court's clear and unequivocal ruling ordering a halt to Israel's military offensive in Rafah leaves no ambiguity about what should follow: an arms embargo on Israel," said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), in response to the ruling. READ THE STORY

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