He reminds the court that in January it found that the “catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip” was at serious risk of deteriorating further before the court could render its final judgement and warranted provisional measures.
In March, he continues, “The court found that the catastrophic living conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have deteriorated further, in particular, in view of a prolonged and widespread deprivation of food and other basic necessities.”
“It is difficult to imagine that the situation could get worse. But unfortunately, it has,” he says.
World leaders, he says, warned that an assault on Gaza, and in particular on Rafah, would result in the “forced and arbitrary evacuation of the already displaced Palestinians to even less hospitable parts of Gaza without adequate food, water, shelter and hospitals would have disastrous consequences”.
“Israel … has not heeded this warning,” he said.