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Top UN court says Israel must allow UN relief agency to supply aid to Gaza
- On Wednesday the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on Israel's legal obligations to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza and the occupied West Bank, but Israel condemned the decision citing security concerns.
- Last year the U.N. General Assembly asked the ICJ for guidance after Israel effectively banned UNRWA from operating in Gaza and cut off all aid shipments for three months in March.
- Gaza's Health Ministry reports more than 68,000 killed in Israel's retaliatory offensive after Hamas's attack left 1,200 dead and 250 hostage; 600 humanitarian aid trucks enter daily under the ceasefire.
- Israel denied violating international law, boycotted the ICJ hearings and submitted a 38-page written submission while pushing aid distribution to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which later suspended operations.
- Experts say advisory opinions carry significant legal weight and the case could affect U.N. missions worldwide, while treaties covering protections for U.N. personnel require such guidance be accepted as decisive.
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By Lauren Kent, CNN The United Nations' top court issued a legal opinion Wednesday stating that Israel, as the occupying power, is obligated to work with UN agencies to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza, a rebuke to the blockade Israel imposed on the Palestinian enclave earlier this year. The International Court of Justice also noted in its advisory opinion that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the mai…
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