JERUSALEM: Israel will seem earlier than the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) on the Hague to contest South Africa’s genocide accusations over the struggle with Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli authorities spokesman stated on Tuesday (Jan 2).
South Africa requested the ICJ on Friday for an pressing order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations underneath the 1948 Genocide Conference in its crackdown towards Hamas.
“The State of Israel will seem earlier than the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice at The Hague to dispel South Africa’s absurd blood libel,” spokesman Eylon Levy informed a web based briefing.
“We guarantee South Africa’s leaders, historical past will choose you, and it’ll choose you with out mercy,” Levy stated.
The ICJ, generally often called the World Courtroom, is the United Nations venue for resolving disputes between states. Israel’s overseas ministry has stated the swimsuit was “baseless”.
The struggle was triggered by a cross-border assault by Hamas militants on Oct 7, which Israel says killed 1,200 individuals.
Israel responded with an air and land assault that has killed greater than 22,000 individuals, Palestinian well being officers say. Whereas its casualty figures don’t differentiate between fighters and civilians, the ministry has stated that 70 per cent of Gaza’s lifeless are girls and people underneath 18. Israel disputes Palestinian casualty figures and says it has killed 8,000 fighters.
