UN court orders Israel to stop military assault on Rafah

United Nation’s top court has ordered Israel to halt Rafah assault, citing ‘disastrous’ humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The ruling read by judge Nawaf Salam at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday in The Hague was in response to an urgent application submitted by South Africa.

South Africa sought ICJ intervention, citing the court’s inadequate past responses to the Gaza conflict

Although the court’s decisions are legally binding, it lacks the power to enforce them, relying on voluntary compliance from relevant parties however, It can, call on the UN Security Council to act.