Israel today faces charges of genocide in Gaza at the World Court as the war against Hamas rages

Amid the intensifying war in Gaza, the International Court of Justice will hold hearings Thursday and Friday in a case brought by South Africa alleging Israel’s war against Hamas.

Since the war, Israeli forces have destroyed much of Gaza and driven almost all 2.3 million people from their homes.

Gaza: Israel will be indicted at the UN’s highest court on Thursday on charges of genocide in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time publicly rejected calls from some right-wing ministers to permanently occupy the enclave.

Amid the intensifying war in Gaza, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, also known as the World Court, will hold hearings on Thursday and Friday in a case brought by South Africa in December alleging that Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza violate the 1948 genocide. Convention.

Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy told Reuters that Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice to dispel South Africa’s absurd blood libel, while Pretoria gives political and legal cover to the Hamas rapist regime.

Thursday’s hearings at the World Court will focus solely on South Africa’s request for emergency measures ordering Israel to suspend its military actions in Gaza, while the court hears the merits of the case – a process that could take years. Colombia and Brazil expressed their support for South Africa late on Wednesday.

The development comes after Israel launched its offensive after Hamas fighters carried out a cross-border rampage on October 7, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 240, according to Israel.

Since the war, Israeli forces have destroyed much of Gaza, and nearly all of its 2.3 million people have been displaced from their homes at least once, causing a humanitarian catastrophe. More than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed.

On January 10, the Israeli army attacked around 150 terrorist targets in Gaza over the past day, the Israeli army said on Wednesday morning.

In the Maghazi area of central Gaza, Israeli ground forces deployed and directed aircraft to attack several terrorists.

In addition, ground forces have uncovered more than fifteen underground tunnel shafts in the area. During targeted attacks on Hamas sites. soldiers seized rocket launchers, rockets, UAVs and explosives. Israeli forces also destroyed a machine used for rocket production.

During operational activities in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, IDF ground forces carried out an airstrike that eliminated ten terrorists. Dozens of terrorist operatives were killed by IDF forces in fighting in the area over the past day.

Elsewhere in Khan Yunis, soldiers identified a terrorist who planted an explosive device near a route used for troop movement. In the ground forces carried out an air strike that eliminated the terrorist.

Khan Yunis is Gaza’s second-largest city and is considered a personal stronghold of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, whose family lives there.

At least 1,200 people were killed in Hamas attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. The number of men, women, children, soldiers and foreigners held captive by Hamas in Gaza is now estimated at 129. Other people remain missing. as Israeli authorities continue to identify bodies and search for human remains.

(With inputs from Reuters, ANI)