Israel's foreign ministry on Friday said it "rejects with disgust" a case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice against what it called Israel's "genocidal" acts in Gaza. The news came as tens of thousands of Palestinians continued to stream into an already crowded town at the southernmost end of Gaza as World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned of the growing threat of infectious diseases in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
