in the icj rulin: government's defence. in the icj ruling the _ government's defence. the presiding - government's defence. in the icj ruling the presiding judge| icj ruling the presiding judge that that israel must immediately stop any action in rafah, which it said could bring about the physical destruction of the palestinians. does that appear to be alluding to what is generally accepted as constituting genocide under international law? it absolutely is. and this is the question. they have minced words a bit and analysts are dissecting the use of the, in the statement put out by the judge, but it talks about the destruction in whole or in part which is the legalese, the type of language we see as expert, we look at this is talking about genocide and they are really explicit worries about some 300,000 civilians that remain in rafah. the concern about this constituting genocide. now, it wasn't a completely slam dunk when for those who have been a using the israeli government here. south africa had initially with the crimes it had been calling for scenic genocide, othe

i want you to listen to part of what the icj president had to say yesterday. take a listen. >> the court is not convinced that there are sufficient efforts and related measures that israel affirms to have undertaken to enhance the security of civilians in the gaza strip and in particular, those recently displaced from rafah, are sufficient to alleviate immense risk, which the palestinian population is exposed, as a result of the military offensive in rafah. >> reporter: but, here's the thing. while the court order is significant and binding, the icj has no way of enforcing it. israel's government did release a statement friday saying they embarked on a defensive and just war following the attacks on october 7th and is acting to reduce as much harm as possible to civilians. but, look, there is no doubt

however, the icj has no enforcement powers and it's up to states to comply. when asked about the ruling, the us, a key ally of israel, says it has been "clear and consistent" on its position on rafah. our correspondent, anna holligan, sent this update from the hague. this is a hugely striking order. it goes further than any other provisional measures issued in this case by these judges. and it seeks to significantly alter the course of the conflict in gaza. so let's just have a look at what the judges are ordered israel to do. one, hold the military offensive in rafah immediately, allow unimpeded access forfact—finding missions, any un mandated investigators, so that allegations of genocide can be investigated. israel must also, according to this provisional measures order, ensure that the rafah border crossing stays open to allow urgently needed humanitarian aid to be delivered at scale. and must report back to this court on the international court ofjustice, here in the hague in one month on how these orders are being implemented. shortly after the ruling,

i want to start by asking you about this icj ruling. help us understand what it means to be legally binding if there is no enforcement mechanism? >> that is a very important distinction. the decisions of the icj are binding on all members and the court has a high level of legitimacy with all member states of the u.n., 193 members. it means decisions of the court directed in this case toward israel also are important for the decisions of other countries who might be israeli allies, for example, or suppliers of arms to israel. the legitimacy of the court enforces the moral authority of the u.n. and moral authority of international law in criticizing this military offensive. >> what is it asking other members to do if it is intended to send a message? >> it is intended to send a message about the urgency of the situation and the threat on civilian life. the risk of genocide being carried out. it puts other states in a position of questioning their continued support, questioning their amount of political pressure that they might be able to

i want to start by asking you about this icj ruling. can you help us understand what it means to be legally binding if there is no enforcement mechanism? >> that is a very important distinction. the decisions of the icj are binding on all members and the court has a high level of legitimacy with all member

the icj doesn't have the power of enforcement. now in theory, un security council members could tell table resolutions to take action against israel if it seemed to be not abiding by this rolling, but that would invariably be vetoed by the united states. and then finally, i think, is it israel says that it has no intention and hasn't been in the past to use the words of the icj ruling doing anything to bring about the physical destruction? in whole or in part of the palestinian population of the gaza strip. so that's from a military perspective. but of course, diplomatically, this simply seems to just add to the drumbeat of increased isolation being heaped upon israel over the last few weeks, including of course, the international criminal criminal courts prosecutors requests for arrest warrants for prime minister netanyahu and defense minister yoav gallant. we've also got other countries are recognizing a palestinian state are saying that they will do so much to the chagrin of israel. well

you are exactly the kind of person we need to talk to today to unpack what we heard from the icj.alking with paul adams, our correspondent in jerusalem, about the impact this could have, even if it is not essentially legally binding. what do you think the impact can be? >> well, it is not a national call who has police. it depends on the reactions of other actors. normally the big and only protector of israel now is the u.s. but on this topic, the rafah attack, the u.s. was saying exactly the same as the court is saying today. you should not attack rafah. i was reading the decision, for me, for the first time, and understood the novelty. the court explained, submitted that they are morning the people in rafah to move. but the court is saying, this is an area which already has 100,000 palestinians. they have no water, food, medicine. that is not a place to go. that is a new situation that the international court of justice said. if you tried to remove these people to rafah, these people will be exposed with nothing. that is why the court considered the attack on rafah should stop.

the icj has no enforcement powers and it is up to states to listen to rulings.rt reiterated its call for the immediate release of all remaining hostages in gaza. our correspondent sent this update. >> this is a hugely striking order that goes further than any other provisional measures issued in this case by the judges. it seeks to significantly alter the course of the conflict in gaza. let's have a look at what the judges have ordered israel to do. 1, halt the military offensive in rafah immediately. allow unimpeded access to fact-finding missions, any u.n. mandated investigators so allegations of genocide can be investigated. israel must also, accorng to these provisional measures, ensure the rafah border crossing stays open to allow a urgently needed humanitarian aid to be delivered at scale. and must report back to the international court of justice within one month on how these orders are being implemented. >> israel rejected south africa's allegations, signaling it will ignore any order to halt its military offensive in rafah. our middle is turned correspo

i believe the icj will put in place a new set of provisional measures, and israel has to abide byhem. new measures would have to be related to, among other things, to stop israel from storming rafah and committing genocide against the palestinian civilian population that city. anchor: that was riyad mansour, the palestinian ambassador to the united nations. i was speaking to him a little earlier on. in other news, a man who attacked the husband of the former speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. just a warning, these are the images leading up to that attack. police bodycam video of the incident shows david tdepape breaking into the pelosi home and striking paul pelosi with a hammer. mr. pelosi is now 84 years old, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. let's get the latest on this from our north america correspondent, who joins us now. just remind us of the background of this horrific attack. correspondent: as you mentioned, this happened in october 2022. david depape broke into the pelosis' home. he was looking f

the icj made several rulings today.tion to calls for israel to halt the military operation in rafah, the court ordered it open the rafah crossing with egypt for the entry of humanitarian aid at scale. it also wants israel to ensure access to gaza for investigators and fact—finding missions. thejudges called on hamas to immediately and unconditionally release hostages taken in its october 7th attack on israel. the icj can make legally binding rulings in disputes between countries, but has little way of enforcing its orders. however, it's given israel a month to update on progress. let's hear from judge nawaf salam. the court considers that in conformity with obligations under the genocide convention, israel must immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in rafah which may inflict on the palestinian group in gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part. the court records that in its order of january 26, 2024, it ordered israel into the area to, i quote, tak

joan donoghue was president of the icj at the time and has recently retired.ng we're correcting that's often said in the media. it didn't decide that the claim of genocide was plausible. the shorthand that often appears, which is that there's a plausible case of genocide, isn't what the court decided. the icj deals with complex legal disputes involving nations, relating to international law and treaties. south africa is arguing that israel has breached the convention on genocide. it's brought the case out of what it says is solidarity with palestinians and because gaza is not a nation state that can go to the court itself. so what's happened today? the court's decision on whether israel has committed or allowed genocide in the gaza strip could take years to come. so south africa wants immediate measures to protect palestinians today. it wants the icj to order israel to stop its offensive and not invade rafah, allow access to war crimes investigators, and report back to the court on how it is preventing genocide from occurring in light of what the court has alr

this is a total violation of the icj ruling.t's a total violation of a human rights. of the international political will. and it is a total violation of every single basic law of everything, a humanitarian law, that israel is committing these crimes in the name of self—defence. and israel says it doesn't target civilians. it is investigating what happened in rafah this week. it also denies the accusation of genocide. i wonder if you would say, and you are a member of fatah, you are not a member of hamas, but hamas governed in gaza. hamas led the attacks of october the 7th. do you think they do bear a share of the responsibility for the suffering in gaza today? october 7th, michelle, is not the d—day in which all the palestinian problems have started. october 7th was only an episode in a catastrophic situation that palestinians have been living in since 1948, and we have seen it in �*48 — 950,000 palestinians were made refugees, thousands of people were killed, 531 palestinian towns and villages were levelled to earth. and then,

they said if the icj granted and allowed idf troops to medially withdraw, it would be violating israel'sfend itself and enabling hamas to continue to commit crimes. israel said that if hostages were released and hamas laid down its arms, hostilities would cease. caitrÍona: for more on the recovery of the israeli hostages from gaza and the hearing against israel at the icj, i spoke to former israeli ambassador to the u.s. michael oren. thanks for joining us on the program. the sad news that the idf has recovered the bodies of three of the hostages, the condition or whereabouts of all of the other remaining hostages is not known israel believes about 90 or so are still alive. the families of those hostages think that prime minister netanyahu should be doing more to try and bring them home. do you agree? michael: the situation is very complex and painful. on one hand israel made an offer which secretary of state blinken described as extraordinarily generous, to have a 40-day cease-fire, release hundreds of palestinian terrorists from our jails -- you gotta go to all the families of people w

just earlier, a couple hours before the icj statement come down. that ruling came out. they identified three bodies of hostages that were being held. it has been a partner for years. it is just outrageous when you look at how this case was built out. look, there is one last thing we need to be aware of. if the israelis decide they want to divide this war, then this will be brought to the un security council. then it will really be on the shoulders of the biden administration to determine whether it is time to enact the veto. israel can continue to do what it has been doing to engage a surgical war with all the gaza strip with the intent to destroy ultimately if biden administration declines to veto. then we are in uncharted territory. they will find themselves alone having to make a decision and

of course, i'd already icj's rulings are binding. it doesn't actually you have the power to enforce them itself. now in theory members of the un security council could table the resolution calling for some kind of action or sanctions against israel or something. but invariably the united states would veto that. but of course, diplomatically, the pressure is added to the diplomatic pressure russia on israel and in particular on his leaders. next, loch ness, not forget the international criminal court's prosecutor is asking for warrants for the arrest of prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his defense minister, yoav gallant we've seen in the past week additional countries such as norway and spain saying they're going to recognize a palestinian state. and of course, all of this is adding to the pressure and the isolate question that israel is feeling diplomatically. and of course, very important to remember that the additional pressure that this will bring to bear on esent biden and his administration especially in this key election y

as you are speaking, we're watching pictures of the judges taking their seats the icj at the hay andl is due to present its case after south africa did so yesterday —— at the hague. after south africa did so yesterday -- at the hague-— -- at the hague. yes, this was an emergency _ -- at the hague. yes, this was an emergency session _ -- at the hague. yes, this was an emergency session that _ -- at the hague. yes, this was an emergency session that was - -- at the hague. yes, this was an i emergency session that was brought about by south africa's application to build on the case it had already presented earlier this year, accusing as well of genocide against the palestinian people. south africa was given two hours yesterday to make its case for why it thinks the military operation specifically around rafah is genocidal, that is of course something that israel denies and the israeli side will have two hours today to present its argument for why it believes the operation it is conducting around rafah is not targeted at the palestinian people but focused on eradicating the remaining fou

they said if the icj granted south africa's request for provisional measures and ordered idf troops toediately withdraw, then it would be violating israel's right to defend itself and enabling hamas to continue to commit crimes. israel said that if hostages were released and hamas lay down its arms, then hostilities would cease. for more on the hostages and the icj case, i spoke to former israeli ambassador to the us, michael oren. michael oren, thank you for coming on the programme. the sad news today that the idf has found three bodies of the hostages. the conditions or whereabouts of the other remaining hostages is not known. israel believes about 90 orso known. israel believes about 90 or so are still alive any families of those hostages think that prime ministers that yahoo should be doing more to try and bring them home —— prime minister netanyahu. the situation is _ prime minister netanyahu. the situation is very _ prime minister netanyahu. tue: situation is very complex prime minister netanyahu. tte: situation is very complex and painful. ii hand, is right made an offer which s

thank you so much we want to get some perspective on this icj ruling. we're joined now by mark esper, who served as the defense secretary under president trump. he's a cnn global affairs analyst secretary. thank you so much for being with in your eyes what is the weight of this icj ruling? because israel's national security council essentially says that it's invalid. >> what do you think? >> well, it does put more pressure on israel to roll back its operations. but as they've said, and i believe they're going to ignore this ruling it's no surprise that the icj did this. there has been an anti-israel bias by the united nations and many of its agencies for several years now so, i think israel will move forward with its operation they've been some ways gotten the blessing by the administration which had said that the updated plans that they are using now to move into rafah to go after the remaining four hamas battalions meet their standard in terms of addressing civilian casualties and we also know that four weeks ago or so there were 1.21, 0.3 million peo

they don't really believe anything that's being said in and this comes two days after the icj rulingof potential hope that maybe someone was going to do something to stop this happening and then within two days to be faced with this huge mass casualty event, it's just making them more despondent. it'sjust making them more despondent.— it'sjust making them more despondent. it'sjust making them more desondent. ., ., ., despondent. you to come on the programme _ despondent. you to come on the programme again. _ despondent. you to come on the programme again, thank- despondent. you to come on the programme again, thank you - despondent. you to come on the programme again, thank you so | despondent. you to come on the - programme again, thank you so much for that. programme again, thank you so much forthat. let's programme again, thank you so much for that. let's look at the politics of this from an american perspective. the white house is yet to comment fully, butjoe biden had been openly opposed to a major israeli offensive inside rafah — this will surely have i made it clear that if th

there's little the icj can do to enforce the order. the u.s. is expected to veto any enforcement in the u.n. security council if it comes to that. after an intense military operation, israeli forces brought home the bodies of three more hostages killed in the october 7 attacks. the remains were taken into gaza by hamas. more than 80 hostages are still being held hostage and 40 bodies are being held. israel wants them back so the families can have a decent burial. eight americans are among the missing, three acknowledged to be dead. a million pounds of food and aid have been delivered into gaza by the pier, but most is being held in warehouses and transfer sites. israel is blaming the u.n. posting, food is flowing into gaza while crossings from the israeli side are open. we will facilitate. the u.n. says it cannot send workers into a war zone. that does not include the rafah crossing where truck drivers say food is rotting on egypt's side of the gates, which have been closed for three weeks amid security concerns. inside that gate with the fuel

caitriona: how soon could the icj make that order? luis: can you repeat?: if the icj finds it in south africa's favor, how soon would it make that decision, would it make an order? luis: they could do it in a few days. the real issue is up until now, the court was careful requesting israel to submit plans. south africa is doing -- ok, that approach failed. you have the power. use it. stop the war. caitriona: ok. that is great. we will leave it there for the moment. former chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, luis moreno ocampo, thank you for joining us on bbc news. luis: thank you. caitriona: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his operation in rafah is critical to defeating hamas. the way has expressed concern for the safety of civilians. and across gaza with 80 deliveries by land at a near standstill. in an effort to boost aid supplies, the u.s. anchored temporary floating off the gaza coast saying supplies will make it onto shore in the coming days. for more on gaza's worsening humanitarian crisis, i spoke with someone who w

now the icj's rulings are legally binding, but it doesn't actually have the power to enforce them.ow, in theory members of the un security council could table resolutions to carry out action against israel if it fails to abide by the icj ruling but invariably any resolution against israel would no doubt be vetoed by the united states on top of that, israel says that it never has nor would it ever in the future carry out actions which to use the words of the icj ruling would bring about the physical destruction in whole or in part of the palace indian people in the gaza strip, perhaps no practical implication in terms of israel's military operations in rafah and the gaza strip is certainly diplomatically. this will just merely add to the growing pressure on israel. of course, we also had prior to this icj ruling, the prosecutor at the international criminal caught seeking arrest warrants for prime minister benjamin netanyahu and defense minister yoav gallant. we've also seen countries such as norway and spain saying they intend to recognize palestinian statehood. all of this, as i s

coming up on the programme — the un's highest court, the icj, rules that israel should immediately haltontest in south africa and in the uk: memes, viral videos, and more — what does a campaign look like in 202a? we'll analyse how the major parties are seeking out votes online. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war.

how is the icj expected to rule? >> reporter: good morning, f frances. we expect the court to announce its decision in a few hours from now. but the israeli newspaper israel today is reporting that officials are bracing for the icj to rule in favor of south africa, who brought their request to halt the rafah offensive. even if the order is given, it will be non-binding. but it could spur another u.n. security council resolution, against it, that the u.s. will likely have to veto. this will be a string in the latest diplomatic blows for israel after warrants were sought for benjamin netanyahu and the minister of defense, gallant, and more recently, norway, spain and ireland recognizing palestine as a state. in the meantime, the israeli ground operation in rafah continues. and while the military calls it limited, aerial pictures show flattened buildings and widespread destruction just as in other parts of gaza. it seems like an invasion in all but name. now frances, there's more information coming in from gaza. the idf said they have recovered the bodies o

after the third icj decision, why does this operation continue knowing full well that hamas cannot bey and that in the outcome, now some 40,000 civilians, 13,000 children, have been killed and the hospitals destroyed and universities does right. 80% of the population sheltering in the south with no safe zone. amna: israel says it is going after the last stronghold of hamas and they point out that hamas continues to launch missiles into israel and they argue that they hide behind the billion. -- civilians. >> does anyone believe this? the only nuclear power in the middle east, 234 days, all of the arsenal and impunity and they have not been able to diminish the military power of hamas. hamas was launching rockets from the very area that israel said it it cleared out. american intelligence officials have told us that israel cannot defeat hamas militarily. we have been insisting that you cannot defeat hamas militarily. it is part of the national and political fabric of palestinians and they must be engaged with diplomatically. and yet, even after 234 days, this staggering civilian death

and the icj has no way of enforcing its order as prime minister netanyahu increasingly finds himselfer pressure at home and isolated internationally. but he's clearly not backing down. maurice? >> maurice: imtiaz tyab, thank you. this is a sight we haven't seen in the baltimore harbor for two months now: a cruise ship. the royal caribbean ship pulled into port today before it heads to sail away tomorrow. it's another sign of recovery in the port since the deadly collapse of the francis scott key bridge nearly two months ago. port officials say more than 30 boats and barges are due to arrive over the next week. it is a new era for college sports and one that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. student athletes could soon get paid by their schools. cbs's nikki battiste has more on the landmark deal that blurs the line between professional and amateur sports. >> reporter: in a slam-dunk for college athletes, the settlement breaks a century-old ncaa policy that restricts players from getting paid. steve berman is one of the lead attorneys in the class action lawsuit. what h

they said if the icj granted south africa's request for provisional measures and ordered idf troops toiately withdraw, then it would be violating israel's right to defend itself, and enabling hamas to continue to commit crimes. israel said that if hostages were released and hamas laid down its arms, then hostilities would cease. the us military confirmed that a temporary pier built by american and british troops was used for the first time on friday to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza. trucks began moving supplies ashore on friday morning. a top official for the un agency for palestinians told the bbc that, while it's a positive development, they don't believe it's a long—term solution. deliveries to gaza on the ground have essentially stopped since israeli forces took control of the gaza side of the rafah crossing last week. doctors say the extreme malnutrition and lack of access to clean water is pushing gaza's health system to near—collapse. al—aqsa hospital is one of the last functioning healthcare facilities — where doctors from around the world have been volunteering their servic

and this is in the first case that south africa has brought against israel at the icj. just explain whatar me? apologies, i think we have lost a connection, but we will have plenty more coverage of that case. and if you would like to carry on watching her to our website, where you will find all of the details on the live page, and you can watch the court proceedings live and uninterrupted there, or you can also watch them in their entirety online at bbc news. viewers in the uk can also watch on the bbc iplayer. as we were given, you will observe also be able to watch when israel gives evidence tomorrow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. here, the labour leader sir keir starmer has set out the first steps he would take if his party wins the next general election. he outlined six pledges, saying they�*re all fully costed, and ready to be delivered in the first term of a labour government. the conservatives called his speech �*yet another relaunch�*. our politcal correspondent, damian grammaticas, gave us his analysis of labour�*s six pledges. well, i think the first thi

previously, she was at the icj for the south africa genocide case against israel earlier this year, anderving today's proceedings remotely. what do you make of the offensive in there. so what south africa _ offensive in there. so what south africa did _ offensive in there. so what south africa did is - offensive in there. so what south africa did is ask- offensive in there. so what| south africa did is ask them offensive in there. so what - south africa did is ask them to comply with the orders and the previous nine provisional orders that have been ordered in response to their incursion into gaza from the beginning. and so, the grounds for this additional provisional measure is that south africa argues that the situation has changed and become extremely urgent, given israel's planned attack on rafah as the last refuge of the palestinian people.- the palestinian people. let's din into the palestinian people. let's dig into this. _ the palestinian people. let's dig into this, because - the palestinian people. let's dig into this, because you're| dig into this, because you're referencing

there's been no sign of israel taking notice of that icj ruling.s doing there in terms of its military operations doesn't amount to the things it is accused of and therefore it's not going to stop doing it. so we've seen intensifying air strikes, shelling and ground operations over the last few days. we know that almost a million palestinians have now fled from rafah over the two weeks or so since the israeli military went into that area. the rafah border crossing with egypt has been closed for all of that time, which has seriously restricted aid supplies. there is some movement on that today. hopefully, things will free up with a deal that the us presidentjoe biden�*s negotiated with egypt so that trucks that had been queuing up on the egyptian side of the rafah border border crossing can now go around and use israel's kerem shalom crossing to get into gaza. there's hope that 200 trucks of food and fuel will make it in that way. but then there is the further challenge of distributing aid. there are so many people displaced, on the move, trying to

i think from a since there is no decision by the icj beyond the fact that palestinians have the right to be protected from genocide. but there's no decision whether they account situation constitute genocide. all know, by symbolically, we look at the way that the war from october 7 and now we're seeing is from sympathy for what and rightly so for what israel and due to the fact that is facing the icj and there is the danger of the icc issuing arrest warrants against politicians. >> and military personalities a military personnel which shows you the way that these are conducted. >> the wall, it lost public opinion. it doesn't achieve its military objective and instead of it said potentially suspected of, of, of genocide. and that's what the israeli government is two after seven nine. >> yeah, i want to ask you about some of those objectives. a little laser later, but i wanted asked you hear about some of the latest developments the tragic discovery of the bodies of three hostages. i imagined that is putting more pressure on prime minister netanyahu to get a hostage deal done to priorit

. >> although that ruling is indeed legally binding, the icj has no way to actually enforce this ruling. and israeli officials are responding by saying that that israeli military offensive in rafah, which has been on doing now for nearly three weeks, will indeed continue the israeli foreign ministry for its part defending the israeli military campaign, saying that israel is acting based on its quote, right, to defend its territory and its citizens. and also saying that israel has not and will not conduct military actions in rafah, which may inflict loss of on the palestinian civilian population in gaza. conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction effectively responding to the wording of this ruling, which is based on the genocide conventions. now, as it relates to the offensive in rafah, it is very much present the question now is, even though this the icj doesn't have a mechanism to enforce this ruling. what kinds of consequences could israel face and indeed, other countries could potentially impose sanctions on israel as a result of its decision not to comply wi

just earlier, a couple hours before the icj statement come down. that ruling came out.they identified three bodies of hostages that were being held. it has been a partner for years. it is just outrageous when you look at how this case was built out. look, there is one last thing we need to be aware of. if the israelis decide they want to divide this war, then this will be brought to the un security council. then it will really be on the shoulders of the biden administration to determine whether it is time to enact the veto. israel can continue to do what it has been doing to engage a surgical war with all the gaza strip with the intent to destroy ultimately if biden administration declines to veto. then we are in uncharted territory. they will find themselves alone having to make a decision and all of these other proxies or it is acceptance in the international community. >> i'm trying to educate myself on the icj. i see one of the covenants that help to may be, at least they claim to make this decision was the genocide convention. i bring that up because we heard that

the icj is part of the un, it's a civil court, it is there to resolve disputes between states.is the one hearing the south african genocide case against israel. the icc, quite separately, is a criminal court with jurisdiction over individuals in states that have ratified the rome statute which established it. great to have you on the great to have you on the programme, great to have you on the programme, susan. can we talk about the statement the secretary blinken gave today saying, he will do nothing to help and it could jeopardise ongoing efforts to reach a cease—fire agreement that would get hostages out and search humanitarian assistance in. we have heard from guests in the last hour who said two things about that, one is that they think that karim con has pressed these warrants not because the situation on the ground is not getting any better and that undermines that argument. the second is we have heard from our correspondent who said that it is always difficult to find a balance between the legal side in the search for peace and this is always been a problem with the icc

>> what we are seeing with the icj is they are rewarding the bad behavior of hamas. i think that they continue to forget that it was only eight months ago that october 7th happened. that we had thousands of israelis that were killed, murdered, raped, all of the above. we had hundreds of hostages taken. in fact we still have roughly over 100 hostages that hamas is still keeping in gaza. we just saw this past week that the idf found some of those hostages unfortunately, but underneath of a un building. so the icj needs to think twice about their comments into israel and look, netanyahu and israel have the right to defend themselves. we have to stand with israel 100%. i was a green beret, i was in the army, i deployed to places like iraq and afghanistan and i can tell you 100% when we had our enemies against the ropes, we did not stop, we kept punching. we did the same thing americans in the united states special operations forces it in syria when we were trying to take out isis. we got them on the ropes and took them out and no isis is no longer the organization it use

there is disagreement over what the icj court ruling meant. joumanna: the backdrop to all of this is we found out towards the end of the week last week after that video was released to the public about the abducted israeli female soldiers, that israel due to public pressure, are now looking to reengage in talks with thomas once more via mediators. what is the latest on those talks given their has been intensification of violence over the weekend. >> the violence puts in danger the possible resumption of talks. the qatari foreign minister, who has been one of the key mediators in the talks for months now, met with intelligence chiefs of the u.s. and israel last week in paris, and this week, we expected talks to resume again. if anything, sundays attack puts on display the significant difference between the two sides. for months, the interest had tried to bridge the gap between israel on the one side and hamas on the other, israel sees a possible cessation of hostilities as an opportunity to get the israeli hostages held by hamas in gaza to be r

this is a hugely contentious case, it is properly the most sensitive case that the icj has ever dealto much attention full stop south africa has said that there is no other option, this is there is no other option, this is the last hope and that is why they are applying to judges here at the icj to issue these emergency measures to protect the palestinian life in gaza. �* . measures to protect the palestinian life in gaza-— life in gaza. anna, thank you very much. life in gaza. anna, thank you very much- let's _ life in gaza. anna, thank you very much. let's listening _ life in gaza. anna, thank you very much. let's listening now- life in gaza. anna, thank you very much. let's listening now to - life in gaza. anna, thank you very | much. let's listening now to those proceedings, a lawyerfor south africa is making further arguments... {iii africa is making further arguments. . ._ africa is making further arauments... , ., , ., arguments... of every palestinian who is suffering _ arguments... of every palestinian who is suffering at _ arguments... of every palestinian who is suffering a

however, the icj has no enforcement powers and it's up to states to comply., the us, a key ally of israel, says it has been "clear and consistent" on its position on rafah. 0ur correspondent, anna holligan, sent this update from the hague. this is a hugely striking order. it goes further than any other provisional measures issued in this case by these judges. and it seeks to significantly alter the course of the conflict in gaza. so let's just have a look at what the judges are ordered israel to do. 0ne, hold the military offensive in rafah immediately, allow unimpeded access forfact—finding missions,

, which is running _ happened with the icj case, which is running in _ happened with the icj case, whichre, which is the panel of experts of international law, and it's on that basis _ international law, and it's on that basis that— international law, and it's on that basis that the declaration today and request— basis that the declaration today and request for the arrest warrants was made _ request for the arrest warrants was made so— request for the arrest warrants was made. so all the evidence that was reviewed _ made. so all the evidence that was reviewed has been reviewed since january— reviewed has been reviewed since january by— reviewed has been reviewed since january by five top lawyers in this country. — january by five top lawyers in this country. so — january by five top lawyers in this country, so i think there has been a rigorous _ country, so i think there has been a rigorous process, in terms of hiring the top _ rigorous process, in terms of hiring the top international lawyers possibly in the world, to examine the evidence and, before any decision— the evidence and, befo

. >> it is unlikely that israel will follow the icj's ruling.ion adds to mounting pressure on israel after three european countries said they would recognize a palestinian state. south africa called the case calling for israel to halt the military operation in rafah and accusing the country of genocide. israel's government called the charges outrageous and morally repugnant. in its ruling, the court expressed doubt israel is doing all they can to minimize civilian harm and deaths. >> the court is not convinced that the evacuation efforts and related measures israel affirms to have undertaken to enhance the security of civilians in the gaza strip and in particular those recently displaced are sufficient. >> hamas leaders welcomed the icj's decision and call for the security counsel to enforce the ruling. the israeli army said it recovered the bodies of three more hostages during an overnight military operation in the northern city. officials say the victims were killed during the october 7 hamas attack and their bodies were taken there. some 100

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