THE HAGUE – Israel will on Friday respond in the United Nations' top court to claims from South Africa that it has escalated a campaign of "genocide" with its military operation in Rafah.

Pretoria has urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order a stop to the Israeli assault on Rafah, which Israel says is key to eliminating Hamas militants.

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