The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, said that the EU will have to choose between respecting international institutions or Israel.
Borrell said this on the occasion of today’s order of the International Court of Justice to Israel to suspend its operation in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
“What will be our response to the verdict of the International Court of Justice? We will have to choose between our support for international institutions of the rule of law and our support for Israel,” Borrell said.
The Israeli army launched new attacks on Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip, shortly after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive against the Palestinian city.
In airstrikes by the Israeli army on several locations in the central part of Rafah, many Palestinians were injured and transported to the Kuwait Hospital.
After the fierce attacks, black clouds could be seen over Rafah.
Residents of Rafah said they are worried and scared about new attacks by the Israeli army.
Medical teams and members of the Civil Defense continue their activities in the center of Refah to reach the injured after the bombing.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) earlier today ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive on Rafah, a town in the southern Gaza Strip.
The ICJ said the March 28 amendment to the order was due to the change in circumstances due to the attack on Rafah, where the displaced Palestinians had taken refuge. According to UN agencies, more than 800,000 have fled the city due to the Israeli ground invasion.
The court stated that the humanitarian situation in Rafah is now “catastrophic and has worsened” since the March 28 order.
The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to report to the court within one month on the progress in implementing the measures ordered by that institution, AA writes.
