The United Nations' highest court ordered Israel Friday to halt its offensive in Rafah, citing immense risk to the population of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have sought refuge in the southern Gaza city. But the court did not call for an end to Israel's wider offensive across the Gaza Strip.
Reading out the court's ruling from the bench of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Court President Nawaf Salam noted that provisional measures ordered by the court earlier this year have not fully addressed the situation in Gaza and that conditions, particularly in Rafah, have deteriorated further.
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