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
charge of ireland until the next world cup in 2027. but will miss next year s six nations to concentrate on his work with the lions. to be thought of as a candidate for the head coach is pretty special to be chosen. it s pretty magical. in 2013i wasn t enjoying it that much. itjust lit 2013i wasn t enjoying it that much. it just lit something 2013i wasn t enjoying it that much. itjust lit something within me that said to me i need to make sure that i get back on this in four years time again. so to miss out on the covid in south africa was hard. but at the same time now to be able to get to this point is extra special. former england manager sven goran eriksson has revealed he has at best a year to live after being diagnosed with cancer. eriksson was the first foreign coach to manage england. reaching the quarterfinals of the world cups in 2002 and 2006, and the euros in between. he was most recently working at swedish club klaastad before stepping down 11 months ago. erikss
mission and successfully rescued four of our hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andri kozlov. they are back home in israel. they are alive, they are well. they will undergo a medical examination and will soon be reunited with their families in the hospital. they were rescued after 246 days in hamas captivity after they were brutally kidnapped from they were brutally kidnapped from the nova music festival on the 7th of october. this was a high risk, complex mission, based on precise intelligence, conducted in daylight, into separate buildings deep inside gaza. while underfire, underfire inside the buildings, underfire on the way out from gaza, our forces rescued our hostages. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training. they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. this is what we do in israel. we risk our lives to save the lives of our hostages. while we ar
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