Ireland files intervention in ICJ genocide case against Israel

Ireland has formally filed an intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide case against Israel, joining South Africa and others.

The country said it would be joining the case last month, saying it would ask the ICJ to "broaden its interpretation of what constitutes the commission of genocide by a State".

South Africa's case argues the war in Gaza breached the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, an accusation Israel has strongly denied.