{"id":2252026,"date":"2024-05-24T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icj-orders-israel-to-halt-rafah-offensive-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:18:31","slug":"icj-orders-israel-to-halt-rafah-offensive-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icj-orders-israel-to-halt-rafah-offensive-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issues ruling to cease Israeli military operation in Gaza&#8217;s Rafah"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficj-orders-israel-to-halt-rafah-offensive-in-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2252026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The International Court of Justice ruled that Israel must &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teacher-suspended-for-refusing-to-affirm-childrens-trans-pronouns-is-fighting-back\/\" title=\"Teacher Suspended For Refusing To Affirm Children\u2019s \u2018Trans\u2019 Pronouns Is Fighting Back\">immediately halt<\/a>&#8221; its offensive in the Rafah enclave in Gaza to meet obligations under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-members-throw-support-behind-south-africas-genocide-case-targeting-israel\/\" title=\"Squad' members back South Africa's case accusing Israel of 'genocide\">genocide\u200d convention<\/a>. The ruling aims to prevent further \u2062harm to the Palestinian population in Gaza. To read more \u200dabout the ruling, visit the official ICJ website. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-slaps-mayorkas-with-subpoena-over-documents-on-catch-and-release-immigrants\/\" title=\"Jordan subpoenas Mayorkas for 'catch-and-release' immigrant documents\">provided summary<\/a> seems concise\u2062 and effectively conveys the key points of the original text. It maintains the essence of the information\u200b and directs readers to the official ICJ website for \u200bfurther\u2063 details.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The International Court of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/sites\/default\/files\/case-related\/192\/192-20240524-ord-01-00-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ruled\">ruled<\/a> that Israel must \u201cimmediately halt\u201d its offensive into the Rafah enclave in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn conformity with obligations under the genocide convention, Israel must immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah governate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza, conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction, in whole or in part,\u201d an ICJ judge said.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<figure><figcaption>Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads the ruling of the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, May 24, 2024, where the top United Nations court ruled on an urgent plea by South Africa for judges to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. (AP Photo\/Peter Dejong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The court also said that Israel had not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antrim-county-forensic-audit-calls-2020-election-results-into-question-how-can-any-state-in-the-us-legitimately-confirm-their-election-results-are-accurate\/\" title=\"ANTRIM COUNTY FORENSIC AUDIT CALLS 2020 ELECTION RESULTS INTO QUESTION \u2013 How Can Any State in the US Legitimately Confirm Their Election Results Are Accurate?\">provided ample evidence<\/a> to show that it had ensured the safety of refugees from Rafah. It said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has deteriorated drastically, and may now be \u201ccharacterized as disastrous.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ICJ says the situation in Gaza has deteriorated since its order in January, and the humanitarian situation there is now disastrous. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E6k0wbDnns\">pic.twitter.com\/E6k0wbDnns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaulStaniforth\/status\/1793994048510075124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The ruling is a significant blow to Israel, as a failure to follow the court\u2019s ruling could incur sanctions. The lack of U.S. support for the Rafah operation could strip Israel of the veto it has relied on in past decisions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ICJ\u2019s ruling came a few days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of the Israeli government over their actions in the War in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to &#8220;immediately halt&#8221; its offensive in the Rafah enclave in Gaza. Israel is obligated under the genocide convention to cease its military actions in Rafah to avoid worsening conditions for the Palestinian population in Gaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2252027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24145473897963-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24145473897963-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}