ICJ to rule on measures over Israel’s Rafah offensive

The World Court will today rule on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s invasion into Rafah in Southern Gaza.

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00:00 The International Court of Justice, otherwise known as the World Court, will on Friday reveal

00:07 whether it will order Israel to stop its military action inside Rafa in southern Gaza, after

00:13 South Africa made an urgent appeal to the court for intervention there.

00:18 Both Hamas and Israel have been releasing videos they say shows the continuation of

00:23 fighting inside Rafa, where Israel claims the last bastions of Hamas are hiding out.

00:31 About a million Palestinians have fled from Rafa since Israel began its partial invasion

00:36 there at the start of this month.

00:38 And South Africa has asked the ICJ to issue an order that would require a halt to the

00:44 Israeli action in Rafa, saying it's necessary to ensure the survival of the Palestinian

00:50 people.

00:51 Now, even if the ICJ does issue an order halting the Rafa offensive, Israel doesn't necessarily

00:59 have to comply, because the court has no way to enforce its decisions.

01:05 And decisions made by the court have been ignored before in other circumstances.

01:10 Israel is already foreshadowing that it won't stop in Rafa.

01:15 No power on earth will stop Israel from protecting its citizens and going after Hamas in Gaza.

01:26 We will destroy Hamas.

01:28 Although a ruling to end the military action inside Rafa wouldn't necessarily see the fighting

01:34 there stop, it would lead to increasing isolation and condemnation for Israel.

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