South Africa is requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ issue new additional provisional measures against Israel in light of reports of widespread starvation.
According to the document from South Africa, the country wants the Court to indicate further provisional measures and/or to modify its provisional measures to “ensure the safety and security of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, including over a million children”.
“Palestinians in Gaza are no longer at ‘immediate risk of death by starvation.’ 11 At least 15 Palestinian children- including babies- in Gaza have already died of starvation in the past week alone, with the actual numbers believed to be much higher,” South Africa wrote.
The country added that Palestinian children are starving to death as a direct result of the “deliberate acts and omissions of Israel- in violation of the Genocide Convention and of the Court’s Order”.
“This includes Israel’s deliberate attempts to cripple the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (‘Unrwa’), on whom the vast majority of besieged, displaced and starving Palestinian men, women, children and babies depend for their survival.”
MEE
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