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ICJ ruling on Gaza genocide

The UN's top court has ordered Israel to take measures to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. That was part of a preliminary ruling on a genocide case against the regime brought by South Africa. The International Court of Justice also said it has jurisdiction to rule in the case. It added that Israel must improve the humanitarian situation in the besieged territory and allow in aid. The ICJ, however, fell short of ordering the regime to end its onslaught on the strip. The court’s rulings are final and binding, but it has no powers to enforce them.

Israel Gaza genocide

Israel keeps pounding Gaza, killing more Palestinians in the already devastated territory. In its fresh attacks, the Israeli military bombed a residential building in the city of Deiral-Balah in central Gaza, leaving a number of casualties. Eleven people, including a journalist, were killed in an Israeli air raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp. To the south, in the city of Khan Yunis, at least eighteen Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks. The total death toll from the Israeli war in Gaza since October 7th has surpassed 26,000. More than three-quarters of the fatalities are women and children. Those surviving are living in dire health conditions. According to Palestine's Environmental Quality Authority, 66% of people in Gaza are suffering from water-borne diseases like cholera. That’s due to a lack of access to drinking water as the relentless Israeli attacks have destroyed Gaza’s infrastructure.

Solidarity with Palestinians

Hundreds of thousands have poured onto the streets of the Yemeni cities of Sa’ada and Sana’a in yet another show of solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza. The demonstrators condemned the ongoing onslaught in the Gaza Strip. They kicked off their weekly rallies following the onset of the Gaza war in early October. The Yemenis demand the lifting of the Gaza siege and an end to the war there. They also expressed outrage at the United States’ support for the Israeli atrocities in Gaza. The protesters meanwhile condemned the US and UK for their airstrikes against Yemen. Washington and London launched the strikes two weeks ago in response to Yemeni operations against Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea. The protesters backed the operations, which Yemen says are aimed at supporting Gazans.

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