Preliminary hearings open Monday at the United Nations\u2019 top court in a case that seeks an end of German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is \u201cfacilitating\u201d acts of genocide and breaches of international law in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
\nIsrael strongly denies its military campaign amounts to breaches of the Genocide Convention.
\nWhile the case brought by Nicaragua centers on Germany, it indirectly takes aim at Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza following the deadly Oct. 7 attacks when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people.
\nMore than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the territory\u2019s Health Ministry. Its toll doesn\u2019t differentiate between civilians and combatants, but it has said women and children make up the majority of the dead.
\n\u201cWe are calm and we will set out our legal position in court,\u201d German Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sebastian Fischer said ahead of the hearings.
\n\u201cGermany has breached neither the genocide convention nor international humanitarian law, and we will set this out in detail before the International Court of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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