Aerial view shows a World Central Kitchen barge loaded with food arriving off Gaza, where there is risk of famine after five months of Israel's military campaign, in an image released on March 15, 2024.
The top UN court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to tackle crippling shortages of essential supplies in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel and other supplies into the area.An aerial view from March 15 shows a barge loaded with food operated by the non-profit group World Central Kitchen arriving off the coast of Gaza. Palestinians in the region are at risk of famine after five months of Israel's military campaign.
It also ordered Israel to immediately ensure "that its military does not commit acts which constitute a violation of any of the rights of the Palestinians in Gaza as a protected group under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, including by preventing, through any action, the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian assistance."Israel's Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment on the order.
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