nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/44f50559732ff7a6 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250604s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/44f50559732ff7a6 doi eng 342 23 Ambos, Kai Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-3597-2443 Genocide in Gaza? - Some Preliminary Deliberations from an International (Criminal) Law Perspective Ambos, Kai Verfassungsblog 2025-06-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.” This was the claim raised by South Africa before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague just two and a half months after Hamas' large-scale terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. South Africa alleges that Israel's military counteroffensive is not (primarily) directed against Hamas, but rather aims to destroy the group of Palestinians in Gaza as such. This accusation carries significant political and legal weight. However, proving the necessary intent to destroy is difficult; it should not be accepted lightly. At any rate, as Israel's warfare continues and becomes increasingly brutal, the evidence for genocide is mounting. CC BY-SA 4.0 Genocide ICC ICJ Israel-Gaza War Israel-Hamas War South Africa v. Israel Völkermord (DE-588)4063690-2 gnd Völkermord Bock, Stefanie Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/genocide-in-gaza/ raw object