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Israel’s President: Gaza Genocide Claim at ICJ ‘Atrocious and Preposterous’
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech during a tribute ceremony at the Halle aux Grains in Toulouse, southern France, on March 20, 2022. Photo: Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Tuesday that “there is nothing more atrocious and preposterous” than a lawsuit filed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in its Gaza offensive.
The case, brought by South Africa, is due to begin hearings on Thursday and focus on the thousands of civilians that Gaza health authorities controlled by Hamas say have been killed in the more than three-month-old war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group. Experts have cast doubt on the reliability of casualty figures coming out of Gaza, which don’t distinguish between terrorists and the civilians in which Hamas embeds itself.
Speaking to visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Herzog accused South Africa of hypocrisy for bringing the case, and thanked Washington for its support of Israel, which says it makes utmost efforts to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza.
“Actually our enemies, Hamas, in their charter, call for the destruction of our nation, the State of Israel — the only nation-state of the Jewish people,” Herzog said.
“We will be there at the International Court of Justice and will present proudly our case of using self-defense under our most inherent right under international humanitarian law.”
The offensive was triggered by a cross-border Hamas rampage by Islamist terrorists who killed 1,200 people and abducted 240 in southern Israel.
Since then, Israeli forces have waged a military campaign if air strikes and ground operations in Gaza with the aim of freeing the hostages and destroying the ability of Hamas to pose a threat to Israel.
Israel blames Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, for harm to civilians for operating among them. It insists it will press ahead until Islamist Hamas is dismantled and 132 remaining hostages are recovered.
Israel must win, Herzog said, “because it’s a war that affects international values and the values of the free world.”
As of Tuesday, the Israeli military said 182 soldiers had been killed in Gaza fighting.
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US Kicks Out South Africa’s Hamas-Linked Ambassador
Marco Rubio speaks after he is sworn in as Secretary of State by US Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
i24 News – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday designated the South African ambassador to Washington Ebrahim Rasool as a Persona Non Grata, branding Rasool a “race-bating politician.”
The decision comes after Rasool made the inflammatory allegation that Trump was “leading global white supremacist” movement.
A known supporter of the genocidal Palestinian group Hamas, Rasool even boasted that he owned a keffiyeh signed by late Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh.
South Africa filed a claim with the International Court of Justice, alleging that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza during its ongoing war against Hamas, a charge both Israel and the US regard as slanderous and antisemitic.
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Palestinians Report 9 Dead as IDF Strikes Drone-Operating Terror Squad in Northern Gaza
Illustrative. A drone that Israeli troops recovered in southern Israel that the military said entered Israeli airspace from the Gaza Strip two days earlier, on August 13, 2021. Photo: Israel Defense Forces.
i24 News – An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson confirmed on Saturday a strike targeting a Gazan terror squad in Beit Lahiya; Palestinian sources claimed that at least nine people were killed.
The IDF’s statement says the incident started with the identification of “two terrorists operating a drone that posed a threat to IDF troops in the area.”
Following the elimination of the two jihadists in a targeted strike, “several other terrorists gathered up the drone operating equipment and entered a vehicle,” according to the IDF.
The remainder of the terror squad was then targeted by an additional strike.
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Syria: At Least 3 Dead in Blast, Cause Unclear
Illustrative. A man inspects a damaged car in Latakia, after hundreds were reportedly killed in some of the deadliest violence in 13 years of civil war, pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country’s new Islamist rulers, Syria, March 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Haidar Mustafa
i24 News – A blast occurred in Syria’s coastal city of Latakia on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving 12 others wounded, local media reported. The cause was unclear.
“The blast in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Latakia city has so far resulted in three deaths and 12 injured,” state news agency SANA cited provincial authorities as saying, adding that “civil defense teams and residents are still searching for others injured and missing.”
While Latakia has been the target of Israeli strikes against Hezbollah and Iranian terrorists, there were no early indications that Saturday’s incident represented an IDF attack.
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