South Africa’s government said it had made an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider whether Israel’s decision to expand military operations into Rafah required the court to use its power to prevent breach of rights of Palestinians in Gaza.
South Africa’s office of the presidency said in a statement “it was gravely concerned that the unprecedented military offensive against Rafah, as announced by the State of Israel, has already led to and will result in further large scale killing, harm and destruction.”
The statement went on to say: “This would be in serious and irreparable breach of the Genocide Convention and of the Court’s Order of 26 January 2024.”
The ICJ last month ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent its troops from committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in a case brought by South Africa.
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