"Israel Urges World Court to Reject South African Request on Gaza Emergency Orders"

Israel is urging the United Nations' highest court to reject South Africa's urgent request to consider whether its military operations in Gaza breach provisional orders handed down by the court last month. Israel denies committing genocide and accuses South Africa of manipulating the court to protect Hamas. South Africa alleges that Israel's strikes on Rafah breach the U.N. Genocide Convention and seeks additional preliminary orders to halt the deaths and destruction in Gaza. Israel argues that South Africa's request is highly peculiar and improper, and that the situation in Gaza is not qualitatively different from what was previously considered by the court.