The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced new measures, ordering Israel to “ensure, without delay” that humanitarian aid is provided to the Gaza Strip to halt famine.
The ICJ, also called the World Court, said on Thursday that Israel must take “all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance.”
That comes as the court noted that since 26 January “the catastrophic living conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated further, in particular in view of the prolonged and widespread deprivation of food and other basic necessities to which the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been subjected.”
In the letter, the court said Gazans are no longer facing only a risk of famine, “but that famine is setting in.”
The court unanimously mandated Israel to increase the number of land crossings into Gaza and keep them open for “as long as necessary.”
Israel unleashed its war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
The Tel Aviv regime has also imposed a “complete siege” on the territory, cutting off fuel, electricity, food and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.
Since the start of the offensive, the Tel Aviv regime has killed more than 32,500 Palestinians and injured nearly 75,000 others.
(This item is being updated)
