ICC investigation ‘clear and present danger’: Herzog
Israeli President Isaac Herzog told journalists during a press briefing with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv that Israel’s “allies and friends” should reject efforts to “use the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Israel”.
Herzog described the ICC’s reported investigation into Israeli leaders as a “clear and present danger to all democracies and to free and peace-loving nations”.
Several senior Israeli officials have expressed concern in recent days that the ICC is investigating the country’s operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank – amid reports the court could issue warrants for the arrest of Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave brief remarks to journalists in Tel Aviv, Israel on Wednesday
Al-Shifa, Nasser hospital staff questioned by ICC prosecutors
Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court have spoken to staff at the Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals in Gaza, as they investigate whether mass graves found at the medical facilities are evidence of war crimes.
Rescue workers have exhumed more than 400 bodies from the graves so far, saying that some victims may have been buried alive or executed.
Turkey will intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel: Foreign minister
In a statement cited by Reuters, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says the country has “decided to get involved in support of South Africa’s appeal against Israel” at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The ICJ, a UN court that rules on disputes between nations, ordered Israel in January to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention, in an interim ruling to a case filed by South Africa.
Despite the ruling, Israel has since continued to kill thousands of Palestinian civilians in daily military assaults on the besieged territory. Since the start of the war, Turkey has been one of Israel’s fiercest critics on the international stage, with its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeatedly calling Israel a “terror state”.
Previously Ireland and Colombia joined South Africa's case against Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/gaza-ireland-joins-battle-to-include-the-blocking-of-vital-aid-in-definition-of-genocide
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/colombia-seeks-to-join-gaza-genocide-case-against-israel-at-world-court-100954407