Israel-Hamas struggle newest: Israel turning ‘Gaza right into a focus camp’, UN courtroom hears

Israel is popping Gaza right into a focus camp, South Africa’s authorized group argued, because it launched a landmark genocide case on the prime UN courtroom.

John Dugard, a South African lawyer and former UN particular rapporteur, quoted Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African president, who stated that “Israel turned Gaza into a concentration camp where a genocide is taking place.”

Pretoria has lodged an pressing enchantment on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to drive Israel to “immediately suspend” its navy operations in Gaza.

Ronald Lamola, Pretoria’s Justice Minister, accused Israel of  breaching the UN Genocide Convention,  including that  “no armed attack on a state territory, no matter how serious… can provide justification for or defend breaches of the convention.”

Ahead of the proceedings, a whole lot of pro-Israeli protesters marched near the courthouse with banners saying “Bring them home,” referring to the hostages held by Hamas because it attacked Israel on Oct. 7.

Israel has dismissed the case as “atrocious” and “preposterous” and vowed to set out a sturdy defence on Friday.

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