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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont, and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

‘Famine is setting in’: UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

Palestinian families displaced from their homes make preparations for the iftar dinner in temporary tents in Rafah on Thursday.
Palestinian families displaced from their homes make preparations for the iftar dinner in temporary tents in Rafah on Thursday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The international court of justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access of food aid into Gaza, where sections of the population are facing imminent starvation, in a significant legal rebuke to Israel’s claim it is not blocking aid deliveries.

A panel of judges at the UN’s top court, which is already considering a complaint from South Africa that Israel is committing genocide in the Palestinian territory, issued the ruling after an emergency measure in January obliging Israel to admit emergency aid.

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