RAMALLAH: Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh expressed hope today that the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) tomorrow on the Gaza genocide case filed by South Africa would include immediate measures to halt the ongoing Israeli war of genocide on Gaza, now in its 111th day.
He also expressed his hope that the ICJ would put in place measures to ensure a swift flow of humanitarian aid to save those suffering from hunger, injuries, illness and facing the slow threat of death in Gaza.
In a statement released ahead of the ICJ’s announcement of immediate measures in the Gaza genocide case brought before it by South Africa, Prime Minister Shtayyeh stated, “We expect the court to fulfill its legal and humanitarian responsibility before the international community in light of the genocide our people are experiencing, unprecedented since World War II. We anticipate the court to continue its investigations into Israel’s genocide against our people in Gaza.”
The International Court of Justice, the high
est judicial body affiliated with the United Nations, has declared that it would issue a historic decision tomorrow in the case against Israel, which stands accused of committing the crime of genocide in Gaza.
The court may order Israel, the occupying force, to cease its aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7th of last year.
In hearings held on January 11th and 12th, the ICJ considered the trial of Israel on charges of committing genocide in Gaza, based on a lawsuit filed by South Africa and supported by dozens of countries-a historical precedent in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
South Africa filed the lawsuit against Israel on December 29th, accusing it, as the occupying force, of committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
South Africa presented the court with a comprehensive 84-page dossier, gathering evidence of Israel’s killing of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and creating conditions “conducive to causing them bodily harm,” consti
tuting a “genocidal” crime against them.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA