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Smoke rose across Gaza as Israel continued its offensive against Hamas on Friday. That’s despite a ruling from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel’s military offensive in Rafah must stop immediately. The top United Nations (UN) court also ruled the Rafah border crossing must be reopened for aid deliveries but judges stopped short of ordering a full ceasefire throughout the Palestinian enclave. Israel seized the key crossing with Egypt in early May when it launched what US officials called a “limited” operation aimed at choking off Hamas supply lines. The new provisional measur…

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