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South Africa filed a case against Israel requested an urgent decision from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stating that Israel had violated the 1948 Genocide Convention by using excessive force against the Palestinian organization Hamas in Gaza. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), also referred to as the World Court, is the United Nations forum for state-to-state dispute resolution.
In a case brought against Israel, South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a swift ruling, claiming that Israel had breached the 1948 Genocide Convention by employing excessive force against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The United Nations dispute resolution body for state-to-state disputes is the International Court of Justice (ICJ), commonly known as the World Court. Israel’s foreign ministry responded by labeling the complaint as “baseless.” South Africa stated in its application that Israel was not keeping its half of the treaty, which was ratified in the wake of the Holocaust and forbids the attempt to completely or partially exterminate a people.
Israel denied the application, and Palestinian health officials said that during a cross-border attack on Israel on October 7, Islamist militants from Hamas killed 1,200 Palestinians and kidnapped 240 others. The conflict officially began at this point. In response, Israel attacked Gaza, which was ruled by Hamas, killing over 21,000 people. In response to South Africa’s complaint, Israel’s foreign ministry first claimed that Hamas was employing Palestinians as human shields by stealing humanitarian aid, an accusation that Hamas denies.
