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ICJ ORDERS ISRAEL TO PREVENT ACTS OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take
measures to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza while announcing its initial ruling
on a case South Africa brought to the court. Read our blog to see how the day's
events unfolded.

Issued on: 26/01/2024 - 03:45Modified: 26/01/2024 - 22:35

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International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Joan Donoghue (C) speaks at the
ICJ prior to the announcement of an initial ruling in the genocide case against
Israel, brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 26, 2024. © Remko de
Waal, AFP

This blog is no longer being updated. Click here for more on the Israel-Hamas
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SUMMARY:

 * The ICJ ordered Israel to take measures to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza
   in an initial ruling in a case South Africa brought against Israel over its
   military offensive in the Palestinian territory, a landmark ruling closely
   watched in the Middle East and around the world.
 * The director of the CIA will meet in Europe with his Israeli and Egyptian
   counterparts plus the Qatari prime minister, aiming to negotiate a truce and
   hostage release in the Israeli-Hamas war, US media reported Thursday.
 * Hamas released a video showing three Israeli women held hostage in Gaza.
   Two said they were soldiers and the third identified herself as a resident of
   an Israeli community near the Gaza border.
 * The UNRWA fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in
   the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and other militants on southern Israel, its
   director said Friday. This prompted the US, the agency's biggest donor, to
   temporarily halt its funding.
 * The health ministry in Gaza said at least 20 people were killed and some 150
   others were wounded after Israeli fire hit a crowd of people waiting for
   humanitarian aid in Gaza City.
 * The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says at least 26,083 people have been
   killed, mostly women and children, and 64,487 have been injured in
   Israeli strikes on the enclave since October 7.
 * Israeli officials say 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7
   attacks in southern Israel. Militant fighters took some 240 hostages during
   the attack and 136 are still in Gaza, according to Israeli figures. The
   Israeli military says 217 soldiers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since
   the start of its ground operations in the Palestinian territory.

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YESTERDAY'S KEY DEVELOPMENTS:

 * The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said the Israeli army has
   ordered people taking refuge in a shelter hit by deadly tank fire in southern
   Khan Younis on Wednesday to leave by Friday afternoon. The death toll in the
   shelter rose to 12 from a previous nine, a UNRWA official said, with more
   than 75 people injured.

 * Hamas said on Thursday that if the International Court of Justice issues a
   ruling calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian movement
   will abide by it as long as Israel reciprocates. Hamas will release all the
   Israeli hostages in Gaza if Israel releases all of its Palestinian prisoners,
   senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said at a news conference in Beirut.  

About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the
Palestinian Red Crescent.

The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from
Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It
describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”.

The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. 

Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN
agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular
reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red
Crescent also use the numbers.

In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death
tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN's counts have
largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small
discrepancies. 

For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here.

(FRANCE 24 with AP) 

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters)

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