Over 1,500 Palestinians killed in Israeli siege of northern Gaza
More than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing offensive in northern Gaza since last month, the Health Ministry said.
“The Israeli army has killed more than 1,500 Palestinians during its military operations in northern Gaza,” Munir al-Bursh, the ministry’s director-general, told Anadolu news agency.
“The army continues to commit massacres and target shelters and civilians in northern Gaza, causing fatalities amid a strained healthcare system.”
Israeli forces hindering rescue efforts in northern Gaza, says Civil Defence
The Gaza Civil Defence says people killed and wounded are trapped under the rubble of a collapsed home in the Jabalia refugee camp.
“We condemn the ongoing obstruction by the Israeli occupation of the Civil Defence and medical teams’ work in northern Gaza and their prevention from responding to citizens’ calls in the homes being bombed there,” spokesman Mahmoud Basal said.
The house, belonging to the al-Mabhouh family, is situated near the Abu Hussein schools, he added.
Ireland to join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel
The Republic of Ireland intends to join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) before the end of the year, its foreign minister said.
Micheal Martin’s comments came as the Irish parliament passed a non-binding motion agreeing that “genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza”.
In December, South Africa brought a case before the ICJ, arguing that the war in Gaza breached the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, an accusation Israel has strongly denied.
Several nations have added their weight to the proceedings, including Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, Chile and Libya.
Ireland said it would file a submission to the court once South Africa had submitted a document supporting its claims, which it did on Monday.
“The government’s decision to intervene in the South African case was based on detailed and rigorous legal analysis,” Martin told lawmakers in the Dail Eireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament.
“Ireland is a strong supporter of the work of the court and is deeply committed to international law and accountability.”
South Africa announced on Monday that it had filed a so-called
memorial with the ICJ claiming “evidence” of a “genocide” committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.