The International Court of Justice ruled on Friday that Israel must “take all measures within its power to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of Article two of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide” in the Gaza Strip. Israel is also ordered to take measures to prevent “group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part” and to enable the provision of “urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance,” among others. Israel will have to submit a report to the court within a month.South Africa, which brought the case before the ICJ in December, asked that the court take a provisional decision ordering Israel to halt operations in Gaza. However, the ICJ noted that “the measures indicated need not be identical to those requested.”
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