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Despite its continued targeting of civilians and committing massacres on a daily basis in the Gaza Strip, Israel is preparing today, Monday, to submit an official report to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, to review its commitment to the court’s decisions in which it obligated Tel Aviv to take the necessary measures to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip.
It is expected that Israel will officially inform the court that it is implementing the orders related to allowing the entry of humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza, and that it has taken steps to prevent genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, although this comes in conjunction with the continuation of its increasingly attacks and violations, which have aroused the anger of all humanitarian organizations and bodies. International.
On January 11, South Africa filed a lawsuit before the International Court of Justice to rule Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, and to issue an order forcing it to withdraw its forces. In a court session - the next day - Israel rejected the accusations against it.
In a temporary ruling issued on January 26, the Court of Justice asked Israel to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza and direct incitement to it, and to improve the humanitarian situation in the Strip. It also rejected the Israeli request by rejecting the case.
But in return, it rejected South Africa's request to order a ceasefire.
International Justice gave Israel one month to submit a detailed report on the measures it has taken in this regard, which Israel is expected to implement today, Monday.
Monday is the sixth and final day of hearings held by the Court of Justice regarding the legal consequences of Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territories at the request of the United Nations General Assembly.
It is noteworthy that, in a similar advisory opinion, in 2004, the International Justice Department ruled that the construction of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank was illegal, and demanded that Israel remove it from all Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem and its suburbs, with compensation for those affected, but Israel did not implement the court’s request.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip, leaving tens of thousands of victims, most of them children and women, which led to Israel appearing before the Court of Justice on charges of committing “genocide.”
This is the first time, since its establishment in 1948, that Israel has been subjected to trial before the International Criminal Court, the highest international judicial body.
Source: Anadolu Agency