Bangladesh supports South Africa in case against Israel at ICJ
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh on Sunday expressed its support to South Africa in its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.
Bangladesh said it supports South Africa’s call, as a State Party to the Genocide Convention, for provisional measures to halt all military operations in Gaza and allow safe, adequate, and unhindered humanitarian aid into all areas of the besieged enclave.
“In this context, Bangladesh welcomes the opportunity to file a declaration of intervention in the proceedings in due course,” said a Foreign Ministry statement.
Bangladesh also reiterated its previous calls for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and for a long-term and permanent solution that includes the establishment of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state along pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
As Israel’s atrocities in Gaza reach the grim 100-day mark, at least 23,968 Palestinians have been killed and 60,582 others have been injured in Gaza since Israel launched an offensive on Oct. 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Sunday.
On the 100th day, Israeli forces carried out “11 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 125 casualties and 265 injuries over the past 24 hours,” it said in a statement, adding that the vast majority of those killed are women and children.
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