ISRAEL TOLD: STOP ATTACK ON RAFAH

UN orders halt as hostages' bodies found

- CHRIS HUGHES

ISRAEL has been ordered to stop its assault on Rafah as it mourns three more hostages found dead.

The UN Court of Justice told the Jewish state to halt its attack on the south Gazan city. Court President Nawaf Salam also ordered Israel to preserve evidence to aid investigators and allow more aid into the besieged enclave.

He said: “If not, Palestinian society in Gaza will be destroyed.”

The Security Council also approved a resolution condemning attacks on humanitarian workers. The vote was 14-0 with Russia abstaining.

The hostages found dead were Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez Radoux.