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Israel hit back on Thursday at another attempt by South Africa to get the UN’s top court to intervene in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. South Africa filed an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to order Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the devastated Gaza Strip, citing the threat of famine. South Africa said it made the renewed request to the ICJ for an emergency measure in light of the “widespread starvation” in the Palestinian territory, according to statement from the court. In the statement, South Africa accuses Israel of “continuing…

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