South Africa Celebrates As ICJ Orders Israel To Prevent the Killing Palestinians in Israel-Hamas War

• The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to make sure it prevents the killing of Palestinians in its war against Hamas
• This came after South Africa took Israel to court and accused it of genocide
• The country won by 15 votes to 2, and netizens rejoiced and celebrated the ruling as a victorious moment

With nine years’ experience, Tebogo Mokwena, a current affairs writer for Briefly News, provided insights into the criminal justice system and high-profile cases in South Africa at Daily Sun.

The International Court of Justice has ordered that Israel does what it can to prevent the killing of Palestinians. It has also ordered Israel to allow humanitarian aid to flow into Palestine. Netizens were jubilant and celebrated the judgement as a landmark and historic moment.

Isrle ordered to halt killing of Palestinians

According to Eyewitness News, the ICJ voted 15 votes to 2 and passed the judgement that Israel should stop killing Palestinians. This does not translate to a ceasefire order, but it also means that Israel must allow humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinian people. South Africa took Israel to the ICJ and opened a case of genocide against Israel.

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The international community applauded South Africa for its step as South Africa sent a solid legal team to represent the nation. Israel applied to have the case dismissed, and they lost the application.

Netizens pleased with judgement

Netizens commenting on @spectatorindex on X, formerly Twitter, celebrated the ruling.

Azaz Khan said:

"South Africa will be mentioned on the right side of history while all Western nations who presented themselves as friendly will be written in dark letters."

PeaceWwarrior said:

"Israel lost, and Palestine has world support. Thank you, South Africa."

Prince Charles asked:

"So South Africa just made a new enemy?"

Queen Hasiya Muhammad added:

"Palestine must be free."

S/QAD wrote:

"South Africa has got some guts."

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This came after South Africa took Israel to court, accusing it of committing genocide against the Palestinian people during the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel refuted the charges and claimed that Hamas was using Palestinians as human shields.

Source: Briefly News