The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement has welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) call for Israel to immediately end its military operation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. In a statement published on Friday, Hamas called on the international community and the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel. A member of the Hamas politburo emphasized that without international pressure, the court’s decision would have no effect. The ICJ called on Israel to put an immediate end to the controversial military operation in Rafah. The decision by the highest court of the United Nations…