These restrictions have severely limited the movement of people and vehicles across the border, as well as the amount of food, medicine and other goods that have been permitted to go into and out of Gaza. The most recent of those orders, issued last May, called on Israel to immediately halt its offensive in Rafah (in southern Gaza) and maintain the opening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt to allow “unhindered provision at scale of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance”. And Israel’s blockade of the strip and restrictions on aid and food entering the territory have clearly been in defiance of the court.
Author: Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University
Published at: 2025-05-18 20:15:19
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