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Live blog: ICJ opens two-day hearings on Israel's Rafah invasion
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Israel has killed at least 35,272 people — majority of them babies, children and women — and wounded over 79,205 in its 223-day war on Gaza.

The United Nations' top court has opened two days of hearings into a request from South Africa to press Israel to halt its military offensive in southern Gaza's Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's population has sought shelter.

Sisi added that Israel is pursuing its military operations in Rafah, the southern border city between Egypt and Gaza, and using the city's border crossing from its Palestinian side"to tighten the siege of the enclave." "The military operation carried out by Hamas by a unilateral decision on that day, October 7, provided Israel with more pretexts and justifications to attack the Gaza Strip," Abbas told an Arab League summit in Bahrain.Host Bahrain has called for a Middle East peace conference at the start of an Arab League summit dominated by Israel's Gaza war, which has been raging in the enclave without a ceasefire in sight.

Hezbollah"launched a missile attack with more than 60 Katyusha rockets" on several Israeli military positions in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, the group said in a statement. Minors were among the detainees in the raids that occurred in the cities of Hebron, Tulkarem, Nablus, Tubas and Qalqilya, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a joint statement.

It is the fourth time South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice for emergency measures since the nation launched proceedings alleging that Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide. As part of this effort, no US troops entered Gaza, it said, adding that trucks carrying humanitarian assistance are expected to begin moving ashore in the coming days.Commemorating 76 years of Nakba, students from different universities in Paris gathered on Wednesday at the Sorbonne Square to denounce Israeli actions in Gaza, and the complicity of world powers.

He added that “the occupation responded to our acceptance of the cease-fire proposal by entering Rafah city and northern areas” in Gaza. The Commando Brigade joined the 162nd Division, which is fighting in eastern Rafah, The Times of Israel newspaper reported, adding that the move came amid expectations that the army would widen its military offensive in the Palestinian city.Türkiye’s foreign minister highlighted the role of US support in enabling Israel's actions in Gaza, which border on genocide.

The official Palestinian News Agency WAFA mean while quoted local sources as saying that occupation forces raided the city of Tubas from its eastern entrance and deployed troops in many neighbourhoods, raiding several homes. About four hours later, police had ejected the protesters from both the lecture hall and the plaza that had been the site of the encampment, according to the university and Reuters witnesses.

Israeli air strikes kill at least three Palestinians, who were searching for internet signals near a crossing in northern Gaza Investments in weapons manufacturers and a wide array of other companies by the University of California targeted by students protesting Israel's genocidal war in Gaza represent $32 billion - or nearly one-fifth - of the system's overall assets, the system's chief investment officer says.

"We pride ourselves on a culture of transparency," Bachher said, adding that it is important to listen to and engage with students.A group of students at New York University have staged a protest in solidarity with Palestine during the school’s main graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

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