This is an entry from: Israel-Palestine live: Israel’s response to South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ ends
1% of Gaza population have been 'systematically decimated': South Africa
11 January 2024 10:25 GMT
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, South Africa second advocate has made the following case against Israel.
South Africa presented what it describes as evidence of the genocidal intent of the Israeli authorities:
- Genocidal intent against the Palestinians in Gaza is evident from the way in which Israel’s military attack is being conducted.
- There is also a clear pattern of conducting the targeting of family homes and civilian infrastructure, laying waste to vast areas of Gaza.
- One percent of the Palestinian population in Gaza has been systematically decimated, and one in four have been inured
- South Africa refers to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's quote, "Remember what Amalek has done to you," and plays a clip of the press conference in which he said it.
- “Israel’s political leaders, military commanders and persons holding official positions have systematically and in explicit terms declared their genocidal intent," said South Africa
- “These statements are then repeated by soldiers on the ground in Gaza as they engage in the destruction of Palestinians and the physical infrastructure of Gaza”