The Hague Court is likely to announce its verdict on Gaza next week

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, South Africa It is expected that the International Court of Justice will issue its verdict on Friday on whether or not to issue an emergency order to end the war in Gaza. Crispin Phiri, the spokesperson of the South African Ministry of Justice, wrote on his user account on X: “We have not received any official notification about when the judgment will be announced.”

An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman told Reuters that he was not aware of this matter and was investigating the South African media report.

A few weeks ago, while filing a complaint accusing Israel of committing genocide crimes in Gaza, South Africa asked this court to When the final verdict is issued, issue an order to stop the war in Gaza.

South Africa’s complaint states that Israel’s attack on Gaza violates its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention. he does. This convention defines genocide as: acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.

South Africa emphasizes that the acts Israel in Gaza is “genocide because their goal is to destroy a significant part of the Palestinian people in this area.”

According to Axios, Israel immediately dismissed this case as Basis”, but – unlike previous cases in international courts – he decided to appear before the court, because he is one of the signatories of the Genocide Convention.

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