EXPLAINER
The ICJ will give its response to South Africa's lawsuit against Israel on Friday, as intense attacks in Khan Younis continue.
This is how things stand on Thursday, January 25, 2024:
Latest updates
- The International Court of Justice announced that it will deliver its response to South Africa's request for emergency measures to protect Palestinians from “irreparable harm” on Friday, January 26 at 1:00 p.m. local time in The Hague (12:00 GMT). .
- On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to ensure the immediate release of captives held in the Gaza Strip. They blocked Tel Aviv's main Ayalon highway before demonstrating in front of the nearby Israeli army and Defense Ministry headquarters, The Associated Press news agency reported.
- An Israeli tank fire killed at least nine people at a United Nations shelter in Khan Younis on Wednesday and injured dozens, sparking international outrage. Israel's military said it was investigating the incident and has so far “ruled out” that it was the result of an “air or artillery attack” by its forces.
Human impact and struggle.
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday that “no one can enter or leave” the Nasser hospital due to shelling in the vicinity, including 400 dialysis patients who “need support.”
- Al-Amal Hospital, Al-Aqsa Hospital and the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance headquarters in Khan Younis are also surrounded by heavy fighting, OCHA said in its daily situation update on Wednesday.
- Four children were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a residential area in the Nuseirat refugee camp overnight, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
- Israeli forces have arrested more than 6,225 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Palestinian Commission for Detainees and Former Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
Diplomacy
- In a post on the return of the captives in Gaza.
- Netanyahu also reportedly said he is “very angry” that the United States has renewed its military presence for 10 more years at the US base in Qatar, Al Jazeera correspondent Hamdah Salhut reported.
- On Wednesday, 49 of the 51 members of the US Senate Democratic caucus endorsed a statement reiterating their support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to Reuters.
- South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor will travel to The Hague to hear the ICJ's ruling on her country's request for emergency measures against Israel over the alleged genocide in Gaza, according to spokesman Clayson Monyela.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he and his Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi, agreed in a meeting on Wednesday on the need to avoid measures that could threaten Middle East stability.
