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Israel to attend UN Court over accusation of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza

02 Jan 2024 02:31pm
An Israeli soldier walks with an ammunition belt past battle tanks deployed at a position along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP
An Israeli soldier walks with an ammunition belt past battle tanks deployed at a position along the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP

JERUSALEM - Israel has decided to appear at the United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Hague, the Netherlands, in the hearing of the case filed by South Africa alleging "genocidal" acts in Gaza, Xinhua quoted Israeli news website Ynet's report Monday evening.

"Israel has signed the convention against genocide for decades, and we will certainly not boycott the proceeding, but stand up and repel the absurd blood plot against us," Israel's national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi told the website.

According to the report, the decision was preceded by intensive discussions in Israel by senior officials led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The case, filed on Friday, claims "alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide concerning Palestinians in the Gaza Strip," according to the ICJ.

South Africa urged the UN court to take "provisional measures" to "protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention". - BERNAMA-XINHUA

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