World Court's order on Rafah does not rule out entire offensive, Israel says

26/5/2024 6:14

        Israel considers that an
        order by the World Court to halt its military offensive on Rafah
        in southern Gaza allows room for some military action there,
        Israeli officials said.
        
        In an emergency ruling in South Africa's case accusing
        Israel of genocide, judges at the International Court of Justice
        ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its assault on
        Rafah, where Israel says it is rooting out Hamas fighters.
        
        "What they are asking us, is not to commit genocide in
        Rafah. We did not commit genocide and we will not commit
        genocide," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's national security
        adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, told Israel's N12 TV on Saturday.
        
        Asked whether the Rafah offensive would continue, Hanegbi
        said: "According to international law, we have the right to
        defend ourselves and the evidence is that the court is not
        preventing us from continuing to defend ourselves."