Turkiye Set To Intervene In Icj Genocide Case Against Israel 

THE HAGUE, Aug 7 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Turkiye is set to submit its declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel later on Wednesday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. 

As part of the move announced on Monday by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Ankara has prepared a dossier that has the potential to significantly impact the course of the trial over Tel Aviv's war in Gaza.

Anadolu compiled information on the scope and potential impact of Turkiye joining the case against Israel, becoming the seventh country to do so following Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, and Spain.

An important symbolic move, Turkiye'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.

The document is expected to support South Africa's arguments and address how the Genocide Convention should be applied to Israel's actions in Gaza since Oct 7 last year.

Flouting a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct 7 last year. 

Ten months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza since Oct 7 and is accused of genocide at the ICJ for its military campaign.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the ICJ, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU