Israel faces accusations of genocide over the war in Gaza before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday in The Hague. The ICJ, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, will hear a case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of violating the UN Genocide Convention due to its bombing of the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. According to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza, the number of Palestinians killed since the start of the war in October has risen to 23,357. Israel firmly rejects the accusation of genocide and says it is defending itself after militants from the…