The International Court of Justice on Friday delivered its ruling on the lawsuit filed by South Africa over the alleged genocide in the Gaza Strip by Israel.
WikkiTimes reports that Israel had launched a military campaign against Gaza, following the attack on October 7, 2023.
The October attack allegedly carried out by the Palestinian military group, Hamas reportedly killed over 1000 Israelis. The military campaign launched by Israel has so far killed barely thirty thousand Palestinians mostly children and women.
South Africa dragged Israel before the International Court of Justice in Haque, accusing the Jewish nation of violation of the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, signed in 1948.
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ICJ on Friday delivered its ruling in favour of South Africa, asking Israel to stop the barely four-month-old war to prevent acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
The court also asked Israel to; refrain from acts under the Genocide Convention; prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to genocide; Take measures to ensure humanitarian assistance to civilians; Preserve evidence of genocide and submit a report to the Court..
Amnesty International had called on Israel to comply with the ICJ ruling to prevent genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
@jeremycorbyn wrote Today’s verdict from the ICJ is a vital step toward justice for the Palestinian people.
Meanwhile, before the ruling, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said he would not honour the ICJ judgement.
He said, “No one will stop us — not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil and no one else.”
