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Protests as UN top court hears genocide case against Israel over Gaza war

In case brought to International Court of Justice, South Africa accuses Israel of committing genocide, demands end to offensive. Dutch police kept rival demonstrations apart in The Hague as South Africa opened a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of breaching the UN Genocide Convention and saying the deadly October 7 attacks by Hamas could not justify its actions in the Gaza Strip.