Live Blog Update| Israel's genocide in Gaza
This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Israel’s response to South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ ends

Good morning

11 January 2024 06:02 GMT

Good morning readers of Middle East Eye,

We are on the 97th day of the war on Gaza and the Palestinian death toll in Gaza is officially 23,357 with 59,410 wounded and more than 7,000 missing who are believed to be dead and buried under rubble. 

Against this violent backdrop the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin hearing arguments in just under 4 hours alleging that Israel is committing genocide in its war in Gaza.

South Africa, which has brought the case to the UN’s top court in The Hague, is asking the ICJ to act urgently “to protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the genocide convention, which continues to be violated with impunity”.

Middle East Eye will be covering the latest developments as they happen. 

Here are some other major developments from the last few hours: 

  • Colombia becomes the latest country to support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice ahead of today’s hearings
  • Seven killed, many injured in attack on Khan Younis house
  • At least 40 Palestinians have been killed and wounded after an Israeli attack on a residential home near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza
  • Hamas is ‘neither defeated nor destroyed’ in northern Gaza, says US think tank 
  • The UN Security Council adopts a resolution calling for a halt to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea