Turkiye had decided to join South Africa’s case against Israel over its conduct in the war of Gaza in international Court of Justice in Hague. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said it had made the formal request on Wednesday. Turkiye had decided to join South Africa’s case against Israel over its conduct in the war of Gaza in international Court of Justice in Hague. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said it had made the formal request on Wednesday. South Africa brought its case against Israel in December, accusing it of state-led genocide in Gaza. Israel has repeatedly dismissed the case’s accusations of genocide as baseless, arguing in court that its operations in Gaza are self-defenses and targeted Hamas fighters who attacked Israel on Oct 7 last year and killed 1,200 Israelis and foreigners. In 10 months of subsequent warfare, more than 39,600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, hundreds of thousands displaced, and most of the enclave laid to waste as a humanitarian crisis has unfolded. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in January that Turkiye was providing documents for the case at the ICJ, also known as the World Court. In June, Spain said it had asked to intervene in the case at the ICJ, the highest legal body of the United Nations.
