ANKARA, Wednesday, August 07, 2024 (WAFA) – Türkiye is set to submit a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to Spokesperson for Türkiye Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Öncü Keçeli.
Keçeli said that his country would be presenting the application to the ICJ at 1330GMT and that the “comprehensive and detailed application” would be based on Article 63 of the court's statute.
Anadolu Ajansi said that it compiled information on the scope and potential impact of Türkiye joining the case against Israel, becoming the seventh country to do so following Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, and Spain.
It elaborated that as an important symbolic move, Türkiye's intervention is expected to be the most significant in the case, likely to encourage other countries in the region to join in as well.
It reported Türkiye's Foreign Ministry spokesman Keçeli reiterating that Ankara's call for the Security Council to play its part in implementing the ICJ's provisional measures.
Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,677 Palestinians and injuring over 91,645 others.
Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
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