Israel asks ICJ to not order new measures over looming famine in Gaza | Israel Conflict on Gaza Information

Israel asks the UN court docket to reject South Africa’s request for extra emergency orders within the Gaza genocide case.

Israel has requested the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) to not difficulty emergency orders for it to step up humanitarian support to Gaza to handle a looming famine, dismissing South Africa’s request to take action as “morally repugnant”.

In a authorized submitting to the highest United Nations court docket, made public on Monday, Israel mentioned it “has actual concern for the humanitarian state of affairs and harmless lives, as demonstrated by the actions it has and is taking” in Gaza.

Legal professionals for Israel denied allegations of intentionally inflicting humanitarian struggling within the besieged enclave, the place tens of 1000’s of Palestinians have been killed and starvation is rising. They mentioned South Africa’s repeated requests for extra measures are an abuse of procedures.

The submitting mentioned South Africa’s accusations in its request for brand spanking new measures, filed March 6, are “wholly unfounded the truth is and regulation, morally repugnant, and symbolize an abuse each of the Genocide Conference and of the court docket itself”.

The brand new alternate between the events is a part of South Africa’s ongoing case accusing Israel of state-led genocide in Gaza after the October 7 Hamas assaults on Israel

In January, the ICJ, also called the World Court docket, ordered Israel to chorus from any acts that would fall beneath the Genocide Conference and guarantee its troops commit no genocidal acts towards Palestinians in Gaza. Israel described the genocide allegation as baseless.

Aid companies mentioned important support to Gaza’s 2.3 million individuals is being severely restricted.

‘Man-made’ looming famine

Israel has imposed a siege on Gaza since October 7 and has additionally prevented much-needed gasoline from getting into.

ICJ emergency measures function non permanent injunctions meant to maintain a state of affairs from deteriorating earlier than the court docket in The Hague can hear the complete case, a course of that often takes a number of years.

Israel’s response was revealed on the day the UN’s World Meals Programme mentioned “famine is imminent” in northern Gaza. The company mentioned 70 % of its remaining inhabitants is experiencing catastrophic starvation and an extra escalation of Israel’s assault might push about half of Gaza’s complete inhabitants to the brink of hunger.

The greater than five-month offensive has killed almost 32,000 individuals within the strip, in response to well being officers in Gaza. One other 1,139 individuals died in southern Israel in Hamas assaults on October 7, after which Israel launched its struggle on Gaza.

Not less than 20 individuals have died from malnutrition and hunger in Gaza since Israel started its assault, Palestinian authorities mentioned.

The European Union’s high diplomat, Josep Borrell, on Monday mentioned the approaching famine in Gaza was “fully man-made” as “hunger is used as a weapon of struggle”.

“Vehicles are stopped. Persons are dying whereas the land crossings are artificially closed,” he mentioned.

South Africa’s request to the ICJ is the second time Pretoria has requested the court docket for extra measures. Its first request to strain Israel to halt an offensive towards the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah in February was denied.