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World Narrative on ICJ Ruling on Rafah Is Wrong, Officials Say
(Ynet News) Itamar Eichner - Despite initial headlines declaring that the UN's International Court of Justice ordered Israel to immediately halt its offensive in Rafah, the ruling, when examined, is quite different. Israeli officials said Saturday that the judges issued a very carefully worded ruling that does not compel the fighting in Rafah to stop, nor does it prevent Israel from defending itself. The officials do not view the ruling as preventing the IDF's offensive, as long as all measures to prevent harm to civilians are taken, and after Israel's National Security Council and Foreign Ministry have stated that Israel has not and will not create conditions that could bring about the destruction of the civilian Palestinian population in part or in full. An Israeli official said, "What country would invest so many resources to bring in humanitarian aid, call off attacks and the like, if it intends to commit genocide? We are already doing and will continue to do what the ruling has called for....There is a false narrative that the ICJ ordered a halt to the fighting in Rafah and that is not the case." "This is the fourth time South Africa has asked for a complete halt to the war. The wording of the ruling is not accidental," the official said. "When we read the ruling, we see...South Africa's demands are not answered, for the fourth time."