Israel continued its assault on Gaza as the International Court of Justice ruled Israel’s occupation of Palestine as “illegal” and needed to end as soon as possible. Israel is “under the obligation to bring to an end its unlawful presence as rapidly as possible,” the judge said in its finding, read at the Peace Palace, the seat of the ICJ. At the same time, dozens of Palestinians were killed, and Israeli airstrikes in various parts of the Gaza Strip injured many others. Warplanes target neighbourhoods in Gaza City, including the Jabalia and Nuseirat refugee camps, as well as residential neighb…