# South Africa has told the International Court of Justice that the humanitarian collapse in Gaza is not a consequence of conflict, but a deliberate strategy by Israel to destroy the Palestinian people. This comes as the court hears arguments over Israel’s conduct. On the second day of hearings in The Hague, speaking via an interpreter, president Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal adviser, Nokukhanya Jele, told the court, Israel is violating its duties through collective punishment:
South Africa says humanitarian collapse in Gaza is a deliberate strategy [SOUND]
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