World Court’s order on Rafah does not rule out entire offensive, Israel says

Israel considers that an
order by the World Court to halt its military offensive on Rafah
in southern Gaza allows room for some military action there,
Israeli officials said.
In an emergency ruling in South Africa’s case accusing
Israel of genocide, judges at the International Court of Justice
ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its assault on
Rafah, where Israel says it is rooting out Hamas fighters.
“What they are asking us, is not to commit genocide in
Rafah. We did not commit genocide and we will not commit
genocide,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security
adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, told Israel’s N12 TV on Saturday.
Asked whether the Rafah offensive would continue, Hanegbi
said: “According to international law, we have the right to
defend ourselves and the evidence is that the court is not
preventing us from continuing to defend ourselves.”