South Africa's request to the International Court of Justice regarding Israeli crimes in the city of Rafah, Gaza

 According to the statement, the South African government has expressed its concern that the attacks of the Zionist regime of Israel against the city have already occurred and will cause killings, destruction and great disaster. The statement of the South African government has said: "In a request submitted to the court on 12 February 2024, the South African government said it is deeply concerned that the military attack against Rafah, as announced by the Israeli government, has already caused and will cause even greater disasters, killings , harm and damage". The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, recently announced that the ground operation in Rafah will begin within the next 2 weeks. Continuing his aggressive rhetoric, Netanyahu claimed that the military branches of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in Rafah will be destroyed before the month of Ramadan.

This is South Africa's second action against the Zionist regime of Israel after suing that regime in the International Court of Justice for violating the 1948 Genocide Convention. The bodies of the Palestinians who were martyred in the Israeli attack in Rafah The International Court of Justice held two public hearings on 11 and 12 January in The Hague as part of handling South Africa's complaint against Israel for allegedly committing the crime of genocide against the residents of the Gaza Strip. Considering the cruel attacks of the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza, the court decided that Israel should take measures to prevent the genocide against the Palestinians and improve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, but this decision did not include stopping the regime's war of Zionism against the people of Gaza. South Africa's request to the International Court of Justice to stop Israeli military operations in Rafah due to the continued genocide against Palestinians by the Israeli administration in the Gaza Strip has come amid the possibility of a humanitarian disaster throughout Gaza. The number of Palestinians killed in Israel's genocide against Gaza since October 7 has reached more than 28 thousand and the number of injured has reached more than 68 thousand. Most of the victims are women and children. The important point here is that, right now there is an international wave that is making efforts to prevent the beginning of the military operation of the Zionist regime in Rafah in the south of Gaza. In addition, this decision by Netanyahu and the Zionist regime against Rafah is baseless and indefensible to the extent that even Israel's Western allies have openly criticized any ground attack against Rafah due to the high density of people in the area and the possibility of a disaster human that has never happened in the world.

The United Nations, being the largest international organization, which through the system of the Security Council, has been responsible for maintaining peace and security in the world, and at the same time, its subsidiary organization, UNRWA, is responsible for dealing with the lives of Palestinian refugees, including Gaza, has issued a serious warning about the attacks of the Zionist regime in Rafah. In this regard, Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs on Tuesday warned the international community about the negative consequences of the attacks of the Zionist regime in the city of Rafah in the south of Gaza. Griffiths said: "Israel cannot ignore calls on this issue, and military operations in Rafah may result in more killings and crimes than in Gaza." Palestinian youths with a bloodied portrait of the Prime Minister of the brutal Israeli regime, Benjamin Netanyahu, during a protest in the city of Nablus on October 29, 2023 Griffiths has pointed out that more than half of the population of Gaza has gathered in Rafah and is facing the risk of death. He said: "There is very little food left for the residents of Rafah, it is difficult to get treatment and there is no safe place to go." Despite the prayers and warnings, the evidence shows that the brutal Netanyahu, in line with his political and military goals, and despite internal opposition, is planning to carry out a large-scale military attack against Rafah, and if the crime is committed then there is no doubt that it will emerge the worst human disaster in occupied Palestine.