Top UN court to rule on South Africa’s Gaza Strip ceasefire bid

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The UN's top court will rule on Friday on a request by South Africa to order Israel to implement a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

The UN’s top court will rule on Friday on a request by South Africa to order Israel to implement a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Image: AHMAD GHARABLI / AFPThe UN’s top court will rule on Friday on a request by South Africa to order Israel to implement a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Image: AHMAD GHARABLI / AFPfor emergency measures to order Israel to “cease its military operations in the Gaza Strip” including in Rafah city, where it is pressing an offensive.

The Rafah campaign is “the last step in the destruction of Gaza and its Palestinian people”, argued Vaughan Lowe, a lawyer for South Africa. Israel has ordered mass evacuations from the city, where it has vowed to eliminate Hamas’s tunnel network and its remaining fighters.It is the fourth time South Africa has appealed to the court, with Israel accusing the country of abusing the procedure.

South Africa says that Israel is acting in contravention of the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, claims strongly denied by Israel.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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