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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahustated this Sunday that the war waged by the Israeli army in Gaza strip is of incomparable morality, after South Africa accuse the country of “acts of genocide” before the International Court of Justice.
“We will continue our defensive war, whose justice and morality are incomparable”, declared Netanyahu at the beginning of a meeting of his government.
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The army “does everything it can to avoid harming civilians, while Hamas He does everything he can to harm them and uses them as human shields.“, added the president.
Until now, military operations in Gaza strip have cost the lives of 21,822 people – mostly women and minors – since the beginning of the conflict, October 7thaccording to the Islamic movement Hamas, which governs that Palestinian territory.
Israel launched this operation in response to the attack by Hamas militiamen on October 7 on Israeli territory, which left around 1,140 people dead – most of them civilians – according to the latest official Israeli figures.
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O International Court of Justice (CIJ), the main judicial body of the United Nationsannounced on Friday that South Africa filed a request accusing Israel of participating in “acts of genocide against the Palestinian people in Link”.
“No, South Africa, it was not us who perpetrated the genocide, it was Hamas. He would kill us if he could“Netanyahu said this Sunday, accusing Pretoria to spread “lies”.
Source: Elcomercio
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