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• Israel has presented its response to South Africa’s genocide case against it at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
• ICJ president says World Court to present its judgement in the coming days.
• On Thursday, South Africa argued that Israel violated the 1948 Genocide Convention.
• At least 23,469 people, including almost 10,000 children, have been killed and more than 59,604 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.

SOURCE: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/12/live-israels-response-to-south-africas-genocide-case-at-the-icj