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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

ICJ orders Israel to allow aid into Gaza and says restrictions breached international obligations

Food aid inside white sacks marked 'Unwra'
The court found Israel had not produced adequate evidence to justify ending cooperation with Unrwa. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Israel must allow aid into Gaza, and its restrictions on doing so over the past two years have put it in breach of its obligations, the UN’s top court has found.

The stinging advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice in The Hague also found that Israel had a duty not to impede the supply of aid by UN organisations including the beleaguered UN Palestinian relief agency Unrwa, which has been in effect banned from the territory since January.

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