The International Court of Justice said Wednesday that Israel was obliged to ease the passage of aid into Gaza, stressing it had to provide Palestinians with “basic needs” essential to survival.
The wide-ranging ICJ ruling came as aid groups are scrambling to scale up much-needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza, seizing upon a fragile ceasefire agreed earlier this month.
ICJ President Yuji Iwasawa said Israel was “under an obligation to agree to and facilitate relief schemes provided by the United Nations and its entities”.
Israel rejected the ICJ’s ruling which said Israel was obliged to ease the passage of aid into Gaza and meet the “basic needs” of the population.
“Israel categorically rejects the ICJ’s ‘advisory opinion’, which was entirely predictable from the outset regarding Unrwa,” foreign ministry spokesman, Oren Marmorstein, posted on X.
“This is yet another political attempt to impose political measures against Israel under the guise of ‘International Law’.” –Agencies
