Israel has urged the top U.N. court to reject the latest request by South Africa for interim orders to prevent starvation in Gaza as part of a case accusing Israel of breaching the Genocide Convention with its military offensive against Hamas.
” Israel also said in its response that it is “doing a great deal to alleviate such suffering in these very challenging circumstances.” No date has been set for judges to rule on the South African request. At hearings in January, lawyers for Israel argued that the war in Gaza was a legitimate defense of its people and that it was Hamas militants who were guilty of genocide.