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• 🏛️UN human rights experts praise ICJ case, accuse Israel of acting ‘with impunity’. Special rapporteurs and other experts backed by the UN Human Rights office tweeted that decisions by the International Court of Justice were “final, binding and not subject to appeal".
  Times of Israel (EN)
• ⚖️South Africa tells the UN top court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as a landmark case begins. South Africa has long compared Israel’s policies toward Palestinians in the occupied territories to its own history of apartheid toward Black citizens.
  Associated Press (EN)
• 🧑🏽‍⚕️Global Red Cross condemns death of Palestinian medics in Israeli strike in Gaza. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said international humanitarian law, which protects health workers and patients, needs to be respected.
  Anadolu Agency (EN)
• 🦠Covid kills nearly 10,000 in a month as holidays fuel spread, WHO says. The health body’s chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Covid reporting in many countries has been reduced or stopped, as the JN1 variant spreads, infecting vaccinated people.
  Washington Post (EN)
• 🇺🇦UN to seek $3.1bn in aid for Ukraine in 2024. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is expected to launch the appeal in Geneva on Monday.
  Reuters (EN)
• 🚁Somalia says it's working to rescue hostages from UN helicopter. The World Food Programme, the largest aid operator, denied that the copter belonged to the UN Humanitarian Air Service that it manages.
  Reuters (EN)