Reaction to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling has been coming in on the newswires.
Hamas has welcomed the ICJ decision on Rafah but has said it is not enough and urged an end to Israel’s offensive on all of Gaza, reports Reuters. It adds that Hamas calls on the UN security council to implement the ICJ decision.
The news agency also reports that Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich has said that after the world court ruling, those who demand that Israel stop the war are “demanding that it should decide to cease to exist”. He adds: “Israel will not agree to that.”
On X, Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted: “The order of the antisemitic court in The Hague should have only one answer – the occupation of Rafah, the increase of military pressure and the crushing of Hamas, until the complete victory in the war is achieved.”
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