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submitted 5 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Israel’s military said on Thursday that it was fighting in neighborhoods near the heart of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, apparently expanding its campaign against Hamas in a week when Israel has faced mounting diplomatic and legal pressure over its war effort.

The fighting came as the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the top court of the United Nations, said it would respond on Friday to a South African petition for the court to order an immediate halt to the ground assault in Rafah. The court has no means of enforcing its orders, but a call for Israel to rein in its offensive would be the latest setback to the country on the international stage.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 29 points 5 months ago
[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Nah he's vigorously wagging his finger at bibi

[-] DeadPand@midwest.social 26 points 5 months ago

Fighting near central Rafah = callously murdering rufugees in the place they told them to flee to

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

But remember, they have to because Hamas is making them murder refugees.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

If Israel builds resorts on Gaza’s waterfront, every single person who stays in one should be considered a war criminal and sent to The Hague.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The said thing is there will be no shortage of people willing to stay in one.

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