MALEMA: TAKE NETANYAHU TO THE HAGUE

Pan-African leader Julius Malema has called on the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant of arrest for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for atrocities his government has committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

During a 5 November address to members of his party in Johannesburg, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) president said Israel has crossed the line by engaging in acts, such as bombing refugee camps and hospitals.

Israel has ramped up its bombardment of Gaza since October 7, when the 75-year-old conflict between Palestine and the Zionist state escalated.

For example, on 17 October, about 500 people were killed when Gaza's Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital was hit by what many believe to be an Israeli air strike. Tel Aviv denied being behind the carnage, claiming instead that a missile that originated from within Gaza hit the medical facility. However, military analysts say only Israel has the kind of weapons that could have hit and destroyed the hospital in the manner in which it did.

Israeli also frequently targets ambulances ferrying wounded Palestinians to hospitals.

Targeting medical facilities and their workers is a violation of various international laws, including several articles of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949), as well as resolution 2675, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1970.

Since 7 October, more than 10,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed .

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