On the live stream at aljazeera.com: “People here are disappointed, but not surprised.” And anticipating an escalation in violence.
Highly anticipated ruling over
The reading of the ruling has now ended.
The ICJ demanded Israel, among others, to try to contain death and damage in the Gaza Strip but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire.
It’s impossible for the Israeli military operation to only kill Hamas militants and their military allies though, as demonstrated by the past three months. If Israel can carry out their military operation by only killing militants, sure they can legally continue, but that is impossible due to Israeli military doctrine. If they were able to do that, we wouldn’t be at the ICJ in the first place.
South Africa has welcomed the ruling though, I imagine similar reactions from China and most other global south countries.