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1% of Gaza population have been 'systematically decimated': South Africa

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”