South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel: Top 3 Moments

Yesterday was the start of South Africa’s landmark case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where it’s accusing Israel of committing the crime of genocide on Palestinians in Gaza, in breach of the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, an Irish lawyer and advisor to South Africa’s legal team, said that this is “the first genocide in history where its victims are broadcasting their own destruction in real-time in the desperate, so far vain hope that the world might do something.”

Here are three key interventions by South Africa’s team of lawyers, arguing why and how Israel is committing the crime of genocide in Gaza and is thus in breach of international law.

More than 23,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, according to the Gaza health ministry, including nearly 10,000 children.