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Our top stories. The International Court of Justice

ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Raffer, a city in Southern Gaza,

and to allow investigators and journalists to visit the enclave.

The UN Court said that provisional measures it had issued in March, including a demand for

Israel to allow more aid to be delivered

had failed to stop the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

from worsening.

Orrin Marmonstein, a spokesman for Israel's foreign ministry, said the country, quote, has not and will not

conduct a campaign that would destroy the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Victor Orbán, Hungary's president, said he wants to, quote, redefine his country's role in NATO by opting out of wars beyond the Alliance's territory. This would include operations in Ukraine.

Jen Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, told the economists that Ukraine should be allowed

to use

donated weapon systems to strike Russia, but the NATO would not be

directly involved in the conflict.

The head of Russia's security services told local media that the perpetrators of the attack on Croker City Hall, a concert venue outside Moscow, were affiliated with Islamic State Corosison Province, a terrorist group.

It is the first time Russian authorities have asserted the group's responsibility

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