An Israeli army battle tank takes a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on 13 May 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Jack Guez/ AFP)
Any actor, state or non-state, seeking to put an end to what has become a seemingly endless war, needs to first and foremost think about the question of the rule of the Gaza Strip after Hamas, writes Shlomo Roiter Jesner.
Last week, South Africa put forward a request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, ahead of a reported planned military offensive, which has already begun in a limited capacity.
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