The Court acknowledged that “the catastrophic living conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated further”, specifically citing the “prolonged and widespread deprivation of food and other basic necessities.”
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It specified the increased and “widespread starvation”, indistinct from the “continuing egregious breaches of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.”
South Africa asks the ICJ to determine whether Israel’s extended operations in Rafah warrant the court to use its powers to prevent “further imminent breach” of human rights in Gaza.
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