(24 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Hague – 24 May 2024
1. South Africa’s legal team arriving in courtroom
2. Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, arriving in courtroom
3. South Africa’s legal team seated
4. Photographers
5. Israel’s team arriving
6. Photographers taking images of legal team, with (from left) Yaron Wax, Malcolm Shaw and Avigail Frisch Ben Avraham, seated
7. Various interior shots of legal teams, attendees inside courtroom
8. Various of justices entering courtroom
9. Attendees taking seats
STORYLINE:
The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — but stopped short of ordering a full cease-fire.
While Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country.
Criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza has been growing, particularly on operations in Rafah — and even from its closest ally, the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also under heavy pressure at home to end the war, which was triggered when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, killing 1,200 people, most civilians, and taking some 250 captive.
Thousands of Israelis have joined weekly demonstrations calling on the government to reach a deal to bring the hostages home, fearing that time is running out.
While the ruling by the International Court of Justice is a blow to Israel’s international standing, the court does not have a police force to enforce its orders.
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