That broad commitment to humanity rang hollow. and in its sweeping counterfactual description of the israeli palestinian conflict, it seems to erase bothjewish history and any palestinian agency or responsibility. speaking outside the court, south africa sjustice minister reiterated his country s allegations that israel was committing genocide in gaza. israel has purported justification before the icj. some of the points made are astonishing and are not backed by facts and the situation on the ground. israel suggests that the genocide convention is primary for their protection and, because of that, is not capable of violating its own provisions. the state of israel today has failed to disprove south africa s compelling case that was presented
When employees of fujitsu, the company which built the horizon system which started all this trouble, are due to appear. ben king, bbc news. let s ta ke let s take you back to the hague, whether session has resumed at the international court ofjustice. they were on a break earlier, but south africa has brought this case, allegations that israel is committing genocide in gaza. this is a two day hearing. it s the second of the two days. we are going to hear a bit of what is being said by the israeli side in a moment. first, let s hear some of what was said by the south african side yesterday. south africa s justice the south african side yesterday. south africa sjustice minister delivered the opening statement. in extending our hands across the miles to the people of palestine, we do so in full knowledge that we are part of a humanity that is as one. these were the words of our founding president, nelson mandela. this is the spirit in which south africa
On thursday south africa accused the highest levels of the israeli state of nurturing genocidal intent against palestinians in gaza. these are pictures outside the court. as you would expect, a huge amount of interest. these are israeli supporters. you can see the israeli supporters. you can see the israeli flags. we were also hearing that some of the relatives of the people being held hostage inside gaza are also in court today. that is the scene outside the international court ofjustice in the hague. they walked out a moment ago, because they are going on a break. let s hear a bit of what was said earlier. the applicant has regrettably put before the court a profoundly distorted factual and legal picture. the entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately curated,
More than 80 militants hiding inside another hospital surrender themselves to the idf. and here, you can see a weapon that idf forces discovered hidden inside incubators at the hospital. the director of the hospital has admitted that numerous members of hospital staff belong to hamas military wing. in the indonesian hospital in the region of jabalia, hamas managed operations from that hospital until the idf reached it. idf forces recovered the bodies of five murdered hostages from a tunnel dug underneath the hospital. the list goes on. in every single hospital that they idf has searched in gaza, it has found evidence of hamas military use. israel is acutely aware that because of hamas use of hospitals as shields for its military operations,
The letters un on the roof and the fire is circled in red. and here, long range rocket launch is hidden inside a scouts club building. finally, you can see part of a tunnel that runs for four kilometres, including the arrows crossing, which is adjacent to israel. gaza s infrastructure has certainly been harmed during the conflict. however, south africa would have the court believe that israel is deliberately and unlawfully destroying homes without cause. but harm caused to lawful military objectives and harm caused as a result of hamas actions is not evidence of genocide. south africa also alleges that israel has waged an assault on gaza s health system. what south africa has neglected to bring before the court, however, is