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The Supreme Court of the United Nations rejected this evening (Friday) South Africa's request to impose urgent measures to protect Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The court said that according to it, the existing orders that apply to the entire strip, and Rafah within it, are sufficient and there is no need to impose new orders, but ordered Israel must implement the decisions of the last hearing in The Hague in an "immediate and effective" manner.
South Africa this evening submitted an "urgent request" to the International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel's military actions, aimed at Rafah, violate the temporary orders issued last month during Israel's hearing in The Hague.
At the International Court of Justice in The Hague/Reuters
The court said in response that the dangerous situation in Rafah requires "immediate and effective implementation" of the temporary orders imposed on Israel last month, but added that "it does not see the need to impose additional orders".
The orders, he explained, now apply to the entire strip, and Rafih is included in it.
Upon rejecting the request, the World Court in The Hague stated that "Israel remains obligated to fully comply with its obligations under the 'Genocide Convention' and the aforementioned order, including by ensuring the safety and security of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip."
Israel responded yesterday to South Africa's request and called it "strange and most inappropriate".
In the document that Israel submitted to The Hague, it claimed that "nothing in South Africa's current request states that the temporary measures already indicated by the court will not be sufficient."
It was also noted that the request came "less than three weeks after the court order ordering temporary measures, and a very short time before the deadline for Israel to submit a report according to that order."
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