ICJ concludes first day of hearing in genocide case against Israel

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has finished hearing arguments on day one of the case that Israel is committing genocide in its war on Gaza.

South Africa filed the lawsuit in December, in a move welcomed by several countries amid a global chorus for a ceasefire in Gaza.

The country is asking the International Court of Justice to urgently halt what it says are genocidal acts carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza. South Africa wants the UN's top court to issue so-called 'provisional measures' to order Israel to end its war.