The Israeli Broadcasting Authority said on Friday that Tel Aviv is afraid that the International Court of Justice will issue a “decision to stop hostilities in the Gaza Strip,” in the wake of the lawsuit filed against it by South Africa.

The official broadcasting authority said in a brief statement, “Tel Aviv fears the issuance of a decision from the court in The Hague ordering a cessation of hostilities in Gaza,” without other details.

At the beginning of this January, South Africa filed a lawsuit before the International Justice Department, accusing Tel Aviv of committing “genocide crimes” in the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a fierce war for about three months, while Israel appointed, on Thursday, a British expert in international law. To represent her before the court in the case filed against her.

On November 21, South Africa suspended its relations with Israel, in protest against its attacks in Gaza, and was preceded by recalling its Israeli ambassador to consult on the attacks on the Strip.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, which, as of Thursday, has left “22,600 killed and 57,910 injured, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the Gaza Strip authorities and the United Nations.