German FM: The ruling of the International Court of Justice is binding and must be respected

Baghdad , German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced today, Monday, before a meeting of European Union ministers, that the ruling of the International Court of Justice urging Israel to stop the war with Gaza is binding and must be respected. Baerbock said: 'No Israeli hostage will be freed if more residents are forced to take refuge in tents, and international humanitarian law applies to everyone, as well as to Israel's practices in war and its commission of genocide crimes.' The International Court of Justice had ordered Israel to immediately stop its military attack on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, and to open the Rafah crossing for humanitarian aid, and said that Israel must submit a report on the measures taken within a month. For his part, the President of the International Court of Justice, Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam, affirmed that 'the living conditions of the residents of Gaza are deteriorating and the humanitarian situation has become catastrophic,' noting that 'the humanitarian situa tion in Rafah has deteriorated further since the court's last decision, and Israel must refrain from any actions that pose a threat to the Palestinians." The judge stated that 'the temporary measures taken do not fully address the consequences of the changed situation,' stressing that 'the circumstances require changing our decision issued on March 28,' and that Israel must stop its military attack on Rafah, after the court considered that the conditions were met to take new emergency measures in the case of accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Source: National Iraqi News Agency