Fifteen judges will attend this first hearing of the UN’s main judicial body to hear the South African argument, which also argues that the ICJ decree emergency measures, including ordering Israel to immediately cease military operations, as well as all “genocidal acts” described in the order.
South Africa claims that given the “continuous, extreme and irreparable damage suffered by Palestinians in Gaza”, this complementary measure is necessary.
At issue is the Israeli reaction to the acts perpetrated by the Islamist movement Hamas on October 7, 2023, following a massive attack by that extremist movement that included the launch of rockets and the simultaneous infiltration of thousands of militiamen who massacred around 1,200 people and They kidnapped another 250 in Jewish settlements on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip.
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