Jordan welcomes additional measures by world court in genocide case against Israel

By Laith Al-Jnaidi

AMMAN, Jordan (AA) - Jordan welcomed a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday to order additional provisional measures including the “unhindered provision” of aid to Gaza in the ongoing genocide case against Israel at South Africa's request.

In a statement cited by the official Petra news agency, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry emphasized the significance of carrying out the ICJ’s ruling, which demands that Israel cease its genocide in Gaza and allow unhindered humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza.

The statement emphasized the necessity to cooperate with the UN on the entry of humanitarian aid, which would help put an end to Israel's atrocities against the Palestinian people and an end to the hunger and unparalleled humanitarian tragedy.

The Foreign Ministry also stressed the importance of "a firm international stand" to stop the ongoing war on Gaza and to compel Israel to stop its policy of starvation against Palestinians in Gaza.

"The catastrophic living conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated further," said the ICJ order, referring to the change in the situation since its interim ruling on Jan. 26.

Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, in which 1,139 Israelis were killed.

More than 32,500 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 74,900 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.

The Israeli army has also imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving most of the population, particularly residents of the north, on the verge of starvation.

The Israeli war has pushed 85% of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar