Lerato Mbhiza
THE South African Cabinet has condemned the bombing of Gaza’s Ahli-Arab Baptist Hospital by the Israeli Government which left more than 500 people dead and over 1 000 civilians injured.
Cabinet described the bombings which happened on Tuesday as a blatant violation of International Humanitarian Law and called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately act against such a breach.
“The failure to act meaningfully by both the ICC and the United Nations will be a demonstration of the total collapse of a rules-based multilateral system,” Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said on Thursday.
Ntshavheni described the bombing of the hospital as a “war crime” as hospitals are considered a haven under International Humanitarian Law.
The Minister was briefing the media on the outcomes of Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.
“Cabinet calls on the ICC to investigate the bombing and the crime of genocide in this conflict and
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