Cuba says it will join South Africa’s ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel

Cuba will join South Africa’s case before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of “genocide,” its Foreign Ministry says in a statement.

The statement says its measure aims at “stopping the atrocities against the Palestinian people as a result of Israel’s disproportionate and indiscriminate use of force.”

In December of last year, South Africa filed a case against Israel over the war in Gaza, declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Last month, the court ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by South Africa.

In response to an emergency request filed by South Africa, the ICJ also ordered Israel to “immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”

Despite a wave of international criticism, the IDF launched its offensive in the city, which is said to be weeks away from completion.