ICJ judge Bhandari votes in favour of Israel forces ending Rafah assault

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The judge from India at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Justice Dalveer Bhandari, voted in favour of new provisional measures that order Israel to immediately end military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza and open the governorates border crossing for urgent aid deliveries...

Justice Dalveer Bhandari had also joined the majority of judges in a call to Russia to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine..

Israeli forces killed more than 30 people in new attacks in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics said on Saturday, the day after judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel to halt its offensive on the southern Gazan city of RafahThough Israel pressed on with its offensive against the Palestinian militant group Hamas, mediated negotiations between the two sides are due to restart next week, an official with knowledge of the matter said..

On Friday, International Court of Justice Chief Justice Nawaf Salam had recalled that in the two previous orders for provisional measures the court expressed its grave concern over the fate of the hostages abducted during the attack in Israel on October 7, 2023...

The International Court of Justice cannot enforce its order but the ruling symbolises Israels isolation over its assault on Gaza...

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