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Nicaragua calls on top UN court to stop German military aid to Israel

Nicaraguan Ambassador Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez speaks to the media on the day Nicaragua asked the International Court of Justice to order Berlin to halt military arms exports to Israel and reverse its decision to stop funding UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 8, 2024. © Piroschka Van De Wouw, Reuters

Nicaragua called on the United Nations' top court on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide and breaches of international humanitarian law in Gaza.

The case at the International Court of Justice is against Germany, which is the second-largest supplier of arms to Israel after the U.S., but it also indirectly takes aim at Israel’s 6-month-old military campaign, which has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead and devastated Gaza.

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