Gaza Strip: Israel rejects genocide accusation before UN court

The case brought by South Africa was a “distortion of reality,” the head of Israel ’s delegation, Gilad Noam, said on Friday in the courtroom in the Peace Palace at The Hague. South Africa was abusing international law in a “despicable and cynical manner,” according to Noam. At the end of the hearing, one of Israel ’s legal representatives was interrupted as a woman shouted “Liar” before being led out by security staff.

South Africa’s suit cites the immeasurable suffering and almost total destruction of towns and hospitals in the Gaza Strip. The reason for the urgent application is the Israeli military offensive in Rafah that began on May 6. The city in the south of the coastal strip is the “last refuge” for some 1.5 million Palestinians who are concentrated there and whose lives were in danger, South Africa’s legal representatives told the court.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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