The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) denied on Friday an urgent application by South Africa to review the legality of Israel’s planned military offensive in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, saying its previous order covers this already. While it acknowledged the “perilous situation” in the town full of refugees, it said this “demands immediate and effective implementation” of its earlier provisional ruling on January 26. That ruling applies to all of Gaza, so it includes Rafah, the court said. In January, the judges ordered Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza and to do everyt…