Today (Friday), United Nations judges will issue their ruling on a request submitted by South Africa to impose emergency measures against Israel, which faces charges before the International Court of Justice of committing genocide crimes in connection with its military operation in the Gaza Strip, according to Reuters.

The ruling that the court will issue today will not address the main accusation in the case, that is, whether genocide occurred, but will focus on the urgent intervention requested by South Africa.

Among the measures that South Africa called for was an immediate halt to the Israeli military operation that destroyed vast areas in the Gaza Strip and claimed, according to health authorities in Gaza, the lives of more than 25,000 people.

Israel is asking the court to dismiss the case in its entirety. An Israeli government spokesman said yesterday (Thursday) that they expect the UN court to “drop these false and misleading accusations.”

South Africa said two weeks ago that the Israeli air and ground attack aims to “destroy the population” of Gaza.

Israel rejects these accusations and says it respects international law and has the right to defend itself.