Hamas welcomes ICJ’s moves to stop genocidal war in Gaza

On May 17, 2024 1:53 AM

GAZA, May 17 (YPA) – Hamas Movement welcomed on Thursday the positive steps by the International Court of Justice (ICJ)to consider the request submitted by South Africa to take additional measures regarding the genocidal war in Gaza.

In a news statement, the movement considered holding the sessions an important step on the path to criminalizing the occupying entity that ignored previous ICJ decisions and persisted in its aggression against the Palestine’s people.

The statement highly appreciated South Africa’s position in following up on the details of the Zionist genocide against the Palestinian people, and its insistence on implementing the ICJ to ensure that the entity to stop its practices against in the Strip.

Earlier in the day, the ICJ began two-day hearings to consider South Africa’s request to ensure that Israel would stop its military operation in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where more than half of Gaza’s population has taken refuge.