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Day one of the ICJ genocide hearing against Israel: Key takeaways

Judges at the International Court of Justice attend a hearing of the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa in The Hague [Remko De Waalepa/EFE/EPA]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has held the first of a two-day hearing in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over the war in Gaza.

Even as the hearing, which will span Thursday and Friday, was being conducted, the ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces killed more than 100 Palestinians and injured nearly 200 over the latest 24-hour reporting period, the Gaza Ministry of Health said on Thursday.

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