The International Court of Justice in The Hague on Friday ordered the State of Israel to take several measures to ensure the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza, but did not specifically order it to stop the fighting in the Gaza Strip.

In its decision, the court (ICJ) at first established it had the authority to rule on the case leveling charges of ‘genocide’ brought forward by the South African government and strongly criticized Israel’s conduct.

The court also decided that the case would not be thrown out completely, as Israel had urged, but crucially, it did not order an immediate ceasefire of the war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

Instead, the ICJ issued five measures that Israel is required to take immediately before submitting a report to the court in one month’s time.

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