they told the international court ofjustice in the hague, that the three months of bombardment violated the genocide convention of 191i8. south africa also alleges, that israel had a genocidal intent against palestinians in gaza, nurtured at the highest level of state. israel has dismissed the case as atrocious and baseless. its lawyers will begin their response on friday. south africa is calling for an immediate halt to the israeli military operation. in court, lawyers outlined the case against israel. the material confirms the rights and issues and their violation. that israel has committed and is committing acts capable of being characterised as genocidal. you have heard from ms hassim about direct extermination of thousands of people and children of the palestinian population in gaza since the 7th of october last year. and south africa and the world together stand witness to the forced evacuation of over 85% of the population of gaza from their homes. and the herding of t
baseless. they claim to be acting in self defense due to the attack by hamas on the seventh. they re calling for an immediate halt to israel s military operations. this report for a diplomatic respondent. for three months the world has looked on in horror at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. no one is spared, not even newborn babies. israel has killed more than 23,000 palestinians. more than 300,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed and around 85% of the population has been displaced. people have to relocate for their children people have to relocate for their children and in places where they had been children and in places where they had been told to evacuate to. and the entire had been told to evacuate to. and the entire multi generational families the entire multi generational families will be obliterated. and more fami
ofjustice in the hague is considering whether israel has engaged in genocidal acts in gaza. the case has been brought by south africa. its lawyers will urge judges to order israel to immediately suspend its military operations. but israel s president has described the case as atrocious and preposterous . here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. for three months the world has looked on in horror at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. israel says that s an outrageous accusation. according to a 1948 convention, genocide is a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group in whole or in part. that, south africa says, is what israel is doing in gaza. just look at the statistics.
baseless. they claim to be acting in self defense due to the attack by hamas on the seventh. they re calling for an immediate halt to israel s military operations. this report for a diplomatic respondent. for three months the world has looked on in horror at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. no one is spared, not even newborn babies. israel has killed more than 23,000 palestinians. more than 300,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed and around 85% of the population has been displaced.
at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. israel says that s an outrageous accusation. according to a i9li8 convention, genocide is a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group in whole or in part. that, south africa says, is what israel is doing in gaza. just look at the statistics. israel has killed more than 23,000 palestinians. more than 300,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed and around 85% of the population has been displaced. there is no place in gaza that is safe. we ve seen the number of people that israel has killed, but notjust killed and wounded, but they ve destroyed the infrastructure and made it so that life in gaza