Egypt will join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, the country's foreign ministry announced.
"The Arab Republic of Egypt announced its intention to formally intervene in support of the case filed by South Africa against Israel at the UN International Court of Justice," the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
The ministry stressed that Egypt's decision to intervene was due to the heightened tensions and the scale of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The decision came after South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) "to seek an urgent order from the court for the protection of the Palestinian people in Gaza" due to Israel's operation in Rafah.
On January 26, the ICJ issued an interim ruling on South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel for alleged genocide in the Gaza Strip. The court ordered Israel to take all measures to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip, to punish incitement to genocide against Palestinians, to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid to the residents of the area, and to ensure the preservation of evidence related to the allegations of acts against the Palestinian people described in the Genocide Convention. At the same time, the UN court did not oblige Israel to stop its military operation in Gaza, as South Africa had requested in its complaint.