Israel must abide by the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling to immediately halt its operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday.
“Unhappily, what we have seen in the immediate hours is that Israel continues the military action that it has been asked to stop,” Borrell said ahead of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where EU foreign ministers are meeting with Arab leaders to discuss Gaza and the Middle East.
Borrell added that Hamas launching rockets into Israel “doesn’t respect the rules of the world.” His comments follow Hamas claiming responsibility for firing rockets at Tel Aviv on Sunday.
He also said that Israel accusing the International Criminal Court (ICC) of antisemitism is “completely unacceptable.”
Last week, the ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said the court was seeking arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant, alongside three top Hamas leaders, including Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar.