The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will make a decision on South Africa’s case against Israel over alleged genocide in the Gaza Strip in near future due to urgency of requested temporary measures, the ICJ’s press office told Ria Novosti on Thursday.
"While we do are not in a position to indicate the exact date of the reading of the сourt’s order, given that the procedure relates to provisional measures that are dealt with urgently, the decision can be expected soon," ICJ Associate Information Officer Avo Sevag Garabet said.
Earlier in the day, the top United Nations court in The Hague opened two days of public hearings in the matter. South African representatives were addressing the court on Thursday, while Israel will present its defense on Friday.
Pretoria seeks to prove that Israel's military campaign is genocidal in nature and targets Gazans as a part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethnic group.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the South African case had no factual basis and that Pretoria was collaborating with "terrorists."