The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has put a question to the Israeli delegation about humanitarian conditions in its declared “evacuation zones” in Gaza, Al Jazeera says.

Judge Georg Nolte read the question: “Can Israel provide information about the existing humanitarian conditions in the designated evacuation zones, in particular al-Mawasi, and how it would ensure safe passage to these zones, as well as the provision of shelter, food, water, and other humanitarian aid and assistance to all evacuees that are and can be expected to arrive in these zones?”

Israel has been asked to submit a written reply to the question no later than 4pm tomorrow (May 18), the court said.

 Judges arrive at the ICJ at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel’s attacks on Rafah, in The Hague, Netherlands on May 17. — AFP
Judges arrive at the ICJ at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel’s attacks on Rafah, in The Hague, Netherlands on May 17. — AFP

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