Israel on Friday turned down allegations of devoting genocide in the Gaza Strip, while arguing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that its military operations in the city of Rafah are self-defence.
The case brought by South Africa was a “distortion of truth,” the head of Israel’s delegation, Gilad Noam, stated in the courtroom in the Peace Palace in The Hague.
South Africa was abusing worldwide law in a “despicable and negative way,” according to Noam.
At the end of the hearing, among Israel’s legal agents was disrupted as a lady yelled “Phony” before being led out by security personnel.
As part of its genocide problem, South Africa is employing an immediate appeal for the leading UN court to buy Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
The ICJ needs to stop the continuous genocide versus the Palestinian population, according to the appeal, while Israel must give unrestricted access to private investigators, media and humanitarian help.
South Africa’s fit points out the countless suffering and practically overall damage of towns and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip.
The factor for the immediate application is the Israeli military offensive in Rafah that started on Might 6.
The city in the south of the seaside strip is the “last sanctuary” for some 1.5 million Palestinians who are focused there and whose lives remain in threat, South Africa’s legal agents informed the court.
The Israeli delegation in turn informed the judges that Rafah was a “Hamas military fortress” that was shooting rockets at Israel which Hamas is likewise still holding various captives.
Israel is likewise offering humanitarian help and doing whatever it can to secure the civilian population, the agents stated.
The Gaza war was set off by the massacre of around 1,200 individuals in southern Israel by fighters from Hamas and allied groups on October 7.