Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved on Friday (Mar 29) new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in the Palestinian territory.
Netanyahu’s office said new talks on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release will take place in Doha and Cairo “in the coming days … with guidelines for moving forward in the negotiations”, days after they appeared stalled.
In its order, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague said: “Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only a risk of famine, but … famine is setting in.”
But despite a binding United Nations Security Council resolution this week demanding an “immediate ceasefire”, fighting continued in Gaza on Friday, including around hospitals.
