Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The International Court of Justice said Wednesday that Israel must allow humanitarian aid to Gaza by the United Nations.
The opinion by the United Nations' highest court is non-binding but has moral and diplomatic weight.
It also said that Israel has not proven its allegations that the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees had a significant number of employees that were members of Hamas. The United Nations denied those claims. There are 13,000 employees of the UNRWA in Gaza.
"The occupying power may never invoke reasons of security to justify the general suspension of all humanitarian activities in occupied territory," Judge Iwasawa Yuji said while delivering the opinion. "After examining the evidence, the court finds that the local population in Gaza Strip has been inadequately supplied."
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