TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel will defend itself before the United Nation’s top court against charges that it has engaged in genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, officials said Tuesday, a rare engagement with the world body, which Israel often denounces as biased against it.
South Africa launched the case Friday at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands, saying the magnitude of death, destruction, and humanitarian crisis in Gaza from the Israeli military campaign against the Hamas terrorist group meets the threshold of genocide under international law. South Africa asked the court to order Israel to halt its attacks in Gaza.
