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Europe has put pressure on Israel to comply with the top UN court’s ruling to end its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, even though Israel has said it will ignore the judgment handed down in the Dutch city of The Hague. “We take note of the order” given to Israel on Friday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wrote on X on Saturday. “ICJ [International Court of Justice] orders are binding on the Parties and they have to be fully and effectively implemented.” Even before the ruling, Israel had faced weeks of admonishment by the United States and European capitals over its…

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