Presenting South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice that Israel is guilty of perpetrating genocide in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention, South African High Court advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi explained how the Israel Defence Forces had called up Israel’s oldest army reservist and settler, the 95-year-old Ezra Yachin, to speak to soldiers in the run up to the ground invasion of Gaza that began on October 27.