South Africa filed an urgent application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to examine whether an Israeli expansion of military operations in Rafah is legal under international law. Rafah, on the border with Egypt, is the last refuge for Palestinians in Gaza, the South African government said in a statement released on Tuesday. The urgent request was filed on Monday. South Africa is “gravely concerned” that the military offensive in Rafah “has already led to and will result in further large scale killing, harm and destruction.” It said this would be a “serious and irrep…