South Africa Urges UN Court to Stop Israel From ‘Destroying Gaza’
- Nation seeks fresh measures to be imposed by ICJ on Israel
- Israel gets chance to respond to claims at The Hague on Friday
Displaced residents walk around a puddle in front of destroyed buildings and tents in Khan Yunis on May 16.
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The International Court of Justice must take bolder action to make Israel protect civilians in Gaza, according to South Africa, which has brought a genocide case before the United Nations tribunal.
“The key point today is that Israel’s aim of destroying Gaza from the map is being realized,” Vaughan Lowe, a lawyer representing South Africa, said at a hearing at the court in The Hague on Thursday. “The court is not powerless and South Africa submits it must do something to assert its own authority and also the authority of international law.”