Israel’s war on Gaza: Wave of attacks as Israel told to end occupation
- Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp and other locations in Gaza throughout Friday evening and into Saturday morning, according to reports.
- Countries across the world have reacted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is in violation of international law and must end.
- Advocacy group Oxfam said the ruling confirms Israel “is committing the crime of apartheid” in the West Bank and Jerusalem-based rights group B’Tselem said the international community “must force Israel to end the occupation”.
- Israeli officials rejected the non-binding ICJ decision, while Israeli settlers launched attacks on Palestinians and their property in occupied West Bank towns and villages.
Rights group calls for ‘concrete action’ against Israel after ICJ ruling
Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq said the ICJ ruling on Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine is the “first step” towards undoing the “generational harm” of Israel’s illegal presence, apartheid, aggressive settlement expansion, and the ongoing mass displacement of Palestinians.
In a series of posts on social media, Al-Haq said the ICJ ruling was also a “stark reminder” to states and business corporations that they must now “take concrete action against Israel’s crimes” and push for an end to the Israeli military and settler presence in Palestine.
“Al-Haq welcomes the findings that settlers be removed from the settlements, Palestinians returned to their properties and for full restitution of land and properties. The opinion endorses the decades long calls by Palestinians, the UN, & legal experts,” the rights group said.
Israeli artillery targeting central Gaza
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that areas around the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza are under Israeli artillery attack.
Dozens of people were reported killed in Israeli attacks on residential buildings across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Saturday morning.
We will bring you more on the Bureij attack as information emerges.
LISTEN: ICJ ruling on occupied Palestinian territory
The International Court of Justice says Israel’s ongoing presence in the occupied Palestinian territory violates international law.
In an advisory opinion, the ICJ said Israel is obligated to end its unlawful presence as quickly as possible.
Listen to the full report:
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Israeli quadcopter shoots and kills Palestinian in Rafah
An Israeli quadcopter has shot and killed a Palestinian in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to local media reports.
The death, which occurred in the Hashshashin area in Rafah’s west, is the latest following a series of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in recent hours, which have seen more than two dozen Palestinians killed.
We will bring you updates when we have them.
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Unborn baby survives after pregnant mother killed in Israeli strike: Report
Doctors in Gaza saved the life of an unborn baby whose pregnant mother was killed in an Israeli attack, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.
The baby boy was in stable condition on Friday but had suffered oxygen shortages and was placed in an incubator at al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza, Dr Khalil Dajran told the AP.
The mother, Ola al-Kurd, 25, had previously survived an Israeli air strike four months ago that killed her parents and some of her siblings. She was nine months pregnant when she was killed on Friday, along with six others, in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Her husband, Anas Yassin, was wounded in the same strike and was being treated at the same hospital as his newborn son, AP reports.
Israeli military carries out raids, arrests across the occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has arrested two men after storming their homes in the town of Jaba, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, according to local media reports.
Israeli troops destroyed a vehicle belonging to one of the detained men during the raids, while clashes with Palestinian groups in the town have also been reported.
Israeli forces have also detained a “number of young men” at the al-Mukhtar roundabout, south of Hebron, according to local media. It is not clear if they have been taken into custody.
Military raids have been reported in other locations in the occupied West Bank, including:
- The Dhnaba and Ezbet al-Tayah neighbourhoods, east of the city of Tulkarem.
- The town of al-Fandouqmiya in Jenin.
A memorial was also held in the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, on Friday night for 10 Palestinians from various towns in Jenin governorate killed recently by Israeli forces.
Translation: The occupation forces detain a number of young men at Al-Mukhtar Roundabout, south of Hebron.
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ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation should be ‘wake-up’ call for US: HRW
Tirana Hassan, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), said the International Court of Justice ruling had, for the first time, also found Israel responsible for instituting “apartheid” against Palestinians.
The ruling should prompt a reassessment of the US defending Israel’s “oppression of Palestinians”, Hassan said.
“In a historic ruling, the International Court of Justice has found multiple and serious international law violations by Israel towards Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including, for the first time, finding Israel responsible for apartheid,” Hassan said in a statement.
“The court has placed responsibility with all states and the United Nations to end these violations of international law,” she said.
“The ruling should be yet another wake-up call for the United States to end its egregious policy of defending Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and prompt a thorough reassessment in other countries as well,” she added.
US plans to send $1bn in new military aid to Israel: Reports
Dozens of Palestinian militants have been killed in a wave of Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp.
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Plenty of tears for those killed yet unmentionable Zionist soldiers, right?
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