International court holds hearings on additional emergency measures against Israel

CAIRO - 14 May 2924: The International Court of Justice has announced hearings on additional emergency measures against Israel on May 16th and 17th, according to an urgent report by Al-Qahira Al-Ikhbariya channel.

South Africa submitted a request last week to impose additional measures due to the Israeli attack on Rafah, Palestine.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported an increase in the number of casualties from the Israeli aggression on Gaza to 35,173 martyrs and 79,061 wounded since last October 7th.

Palestinian media stated that hospitals in northern Gaza and Gaza Governorate are non-operational, and hundreds of thousands of wounded individuals are at risk of death due to the tightening of health facilities.

Egypt announced on Sunday its intervention to support South Africa's case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which accuses Israel of committing acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Last week, South Africa requested the ICJ to order the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Rafah, a city that currently shelters over half of the Palestinian population, with about 1.4 million residents.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement confirming Egypt's official intervention to support South Africa's genocide case against Israel before the ICJ.

The statement emphasizes that Egypt's intervention comes in response to the escalating severity and scale of Israeli assaults on Palestinians in Gaza.

The ministry's statement highlights Israel's systematic practices against Palestinians in Gaza, including deliberate targeting of civilians, destruction of infrastructure, and forcing Palestinians to leave their land.

These actions by Israel “have led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, creating unlivable conditions in the Gaza Strip, blatantly violating international law, international humanitarian law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,” according to the ministry.

Egypt calls on Israel, as the occupying force, to comply with the provisional measures issued by the ICJ. These measures call for ensuring adequate aid delivery and refraining from any violations against Palestinians by Israeli forces.

Additionally, Egypt urges the UN Security Council and influential international actors to take immediate action to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, halt military operations in Rafah city, and provide necessary protection to Palestinian civilians.