Palestinian Prime Minister expresses hope that the International Court will order an immediate halt to the genocide.
He also expressed his expectation that the International Court of Justice would implement measures to ensure a rapid flow of humanitarian aid.
247 - Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh expressed hope on Thursday (25) that the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Gaza genocide presented by South Africa will include immediate measures to stop the ongoing Israeli war, reports the Wafa news agency.
He also expressed his hope that the International Court of Justice would implement measures to ensure a rapid flow of humanitarian aid to save those suffering from hunger, injury, disease, and facing the slow threat of death in Gaza.
In a statement released ahead of the International Court of Justice's announcement of immediate measures in the Gaza genocide case brought by South Africa, Prime Minister Shtayyeh declared: "We expect the court to fulfill its legal and humanitarian responsibility to the international community in light of the genocide. Our people are experiencing something unprecedented since the Second World War. We anticipate that the court will continue its investigations into Israel's genocide against our people in Gaza."
The court may order Israel, the occupying power, to cease its aggression against the Gaza Strip, which has been ongoing since October 7 of last year.
In hearings held on January 11 and 12, the ICJ considered prosecuting Israel on charges of committing genocide in Gaza, based on a lawsuit filed by South Africa and supported by dozens of countries – a historic precedent in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
South Africa opened proceedings against Israel on December 29, accusing it, as an occupying power, of committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
South Africa presented the court with a comprehensive 84-page dossier, gathering evidence of the murder of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel and the creation of conditions "conducive to causing them bodily harm," constituting a "genocidal" crime against them.