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Hearings to begin at The Hague in case claiming Israel’s Gaza war is genocide

Hearings to begin at The Hague in case claiming Israel’s Gaza war is genocide

International Court of Justice will hear complaint brought by South Africa, which is asking for urgent ‘provisional measures’

A legal hearing into the war in Gaza opens in The Hague on Thursday as the international court of justice (ICJ) hears arguments alleging that Israel is committing genocide in the territory.

South Africa, which has brought the case, is asking the UN court to act urgently “to protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the genocide convention, which continues to be violated with impunity”.

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