The ICJ finds the Gaza genocide case plausible
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The court said that Israel must take immediate and effective precautions to make sure it provides humanitarian aid and basic services.
Israel has strongly denied the genocide charges, and on Friday its officials lashed out at the court. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that his country did not need to be lectured on morality, as Mr. Netanyahu said it was “outrageous” for the judges to hear the case.
Donoghue read aloud statements from Israeli officials which she said made South Africa’s case plausible. She also gave a bleak assessment of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.
This is only the second time a state has tried to litigate a charge of genocide against another. In 2019, The Gambia took Myanmar to the ICJ, accusing it of a genocide against the Rohingya. In that case, the court approved emergency measures to protect Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority, which Myanmar ignored.
Israel’s offensive against the Gaza strip had no genocidal intention, Israeli officials and the Irish legal team argued that Israel is facing a threat from Hamas
Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza strip has so far killed more than 26,000 people — approximately 1% of the prewar population — according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel’s offensive is in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 240 taken hostage, according to Israeli officials.
Hassim accused Israel of committinggenocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza. This included what she called the “mass” and indiscriminate killing of Palestinian civilians, food blockades and the wholesale destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system and infrastructure.
As a result, she said, more than 1,800 families in Gaza have lost multiple family members, and 85% of all Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes.
The Israeli presentation acknowledged the suffering of civilians in Gaza but said it had no genocidal intent. The high civilian death toll, Israel argued, was the consequence of Hamas waging war among non-combatants.
Irish lawyer, Blinne N Ghrlaigh told the court that multi- family families will be obliterated in South Africa. She said that more children would be orphans by Israel’s attack on the Palestinians in Gaza.
The South African legal team argued that genocidal intent is shown by the way in which Israel conducted its campaign in Gaza, as well as by the comments made by Israeli officials and leaders.
Becker told the court that it was impossible to understand the conflict in Gaza without understanding the threat that Israel is facing.
First Day of the Gaza War: The Status of the C.I.A. Director’s Report to the High-Sensitivity United Nations
The United States temporarily stopped giving aid to the UN agency because of allegations that some of its workers were involved in the attack on Israel.
The Israeli military on Thursday ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of Palestinians who had already been displaced and were sheltering in a United Nations vocational training center in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. Israel’s ground offensive has intensified in southern Gaza, where more than a million people have fled seeking safety.
The White House is sending William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, to Europe to meet with senior officials from Israel, Egypt and Qatar in an effort to advance negotiations over the release of hostages held in Gaza and a longer cease-fire. US officials who spoke to Mr. Burns said that Israel appears willing to agree on a longer pause in fighting in return for more hostage releases.
Some people were criticized for not ordering a halt to the war, while the Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated that the court had ruled in favor of humanity and international law.
