South Africa expects the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on whether it will grant emergency measures to stop the war in Gaza on Friday, South African news website News24 has reported, citing two sources close to the matter.
A spokesperson for South Africa's justice ministry confirmed there has been "no communique yet".
Earlier this month, South Africa asked the ICJ, also known as the World Court, to order an emergency suspension of Israel's devastating military campaign in the Palestinian enclave, accusing it of carrying out a state-led genocide.
Israel dismissed the genocide allegations as "grossly distorted" and said it had a right to defend itself and was targeting Hamas, not Palestinian civilians.
The ICJ will not deal with the main question of whether Israel is committing genocide in the initial ruling,
The court will only look at possible emergency measures, meant as a kind of restraining order, while the court continues to look at the full case, which usually takes years. -Reuters
