World Court orders Israel to 'take all necessary and effective' action to ensure Gaza has access to humanitarian aidThe World Court has ordered Israel to take action to address famine in Gaza, like opening more land crossings to allow aid into the war-torn enclave.The World Court told Israel to report back in a month on its implementation of the orders.
"The court observes that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine but that famine is setting in," the judges said in their order. "But we hoped the court ordered a ceasefire as an absolute solution to all the miseries our people in Gaza are living through."In Gaza, Maazize is feeding her children ground up animal food and tea made from sticks and leaves, just so they have something in their starving stomachs.
On Tuesday, the army said it inspected 258 aid trucks, but only 116 were distributed within Gaza by the UN. "Israel will continue to promote new initiatives, and to expand existing ones, in order to enable and facilitate the flow of aid to the Gaza Strip … despite the operational challenges on the ground and Hamas' active and abhorrent efforts to commandeer, hoard and steal aid," he said in a statement.
Its forces had killed about 200 gunmen since the start of the operation "while preventing harm to civilians, patients, medical teams, and medical equipment", the Israeli military said.Gaza's health ministry said wounded people and patients were being held inside an administration building in Al-Shifa that was not equipped to provide them with healthcare.
Israel said it is targeting Hamas militants who use civilian buildings, including apartment blocks and hospitals, for cover. Hamas denies doing so. Israel says it plans a ground offensive into Rafah, in the far south of the enclave, where it believes most Hamas fighters are now sheltering.