Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, despite the UN’s top court ordering an immediate halt to its military offensive in the southern Gazan city.
This from newsmax.com.
At the same time, renewed efforts were underway in Paris aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war—may the world not forget— sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel.
In a case brought by South Africa alleging the Israeli military operation amounts to “genocide,” the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt its Rafah offensive and demanded the immediate release of hostages still held by Palestinian militants.
Israel gave no indication it was preparing to change course in Rafah, insisting the court had got it wrong.
