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Bogdan Hofbauer

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the UN aid agency in Gaza, UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory. The court, based in The Hague, was asked last year by the UN General Assembly to determine Israel’s legal obligations after the country effectively banned the agency, the main provider of aid to the enclave, from operating there. Israel “is under the obligation to agree to and facilitate relief schemes provided by