SA files evidence of Israel's 'genocide' at ICJ
South Africa on Monday confirmed it had filed evidence at the International Court of Justice to prove its allegations that Israel is committing acts of genocide in in Gaza.
In December 2023, South Africa petitioned the ICJ, alleging that Israel's Gaza offensive launched in retaliation for Hamas' bloody October 7 attack on Israel breached the 1948 UN convention on genocide.
In a ruling in January, the ICJ told Israel to do everything possible to prevent acts of genocide during its military operation in Gaza, which have left more than 40,000 dead.
Israel has strongly denied the accusation.
According to the court's rules, the Memorial may not be made public.
The evidence is detailed in over 750 pages of text, supported by exhibits and annexes of over 4,000 pages.
"The Memorial – the name for the document recording the main case of South Africa against Israel – contains evidence which shows how the government of Israel has violated the genocide convention by promoting the destruction of Palestinians living in Gaza," said Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya
"Physically killing them with an assortment of destructive weapons, depriving them access to humanitarian assistance, causing conditions of life which are aimed at their physical destruction and ignoring and defying several provisional measures of the International Court of Justice,
"Using starvation as a weapon of war and to further Israel’s aims to depopulate Gaza through mass death and forced displacement of Palestinians," Magwenya added.
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