THE HAGUE — Israel defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive on Friday (May 17) at the International Court of Justice and asked judges to throw out a request by South Africa to order it to halt operations in Rafah and withdraw from the Palestinian territory.
A general view inside the Court of Justice , at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention during its offensive against Palestinians in Gaza, in The Hague Netherlands on May 17, 2024.
A woman who yelled "liars!" during Israel's presentation was removed by security guards, a rare protest in the "Great Hall of Justice" courtroom in The Hague.In past rulings, the court has rejected Israel's demands to dismiss the case and ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians, while stopping short of ordering it to halt the assault.
South Africa's ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, requested the court to order Israel to "immediately, totally and unconditionally, withdraw the Israeli army from the entirety of the Gaza Strip". Ordering Israel to withdraw its troops would sentence remaining hostages in Gaza to death, Noam said.
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