‘Famine is setting in’: ICJ orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

‘Famine is setting in’: ICJ orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

Judges at the UN’s top court issue unanimous decision and say Palestinians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance

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The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where significant sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries.

A panel of judges at the UN’s top court, which is already considering a complaint from South Africa that Israel is committing genocide in the Palestinian territory, issued the ruling after an earlier emergency measure in January obliging Israel to admit emergency aid.

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