Israel firmly rejected on Friday the accusations, brought by South Africa to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide. South Africa’s claim in “unfounded” and “absurd,” said Tal Becker, legal advisor to the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Victims of the Gaza war and the suffering of the civilian population were solely the responsibility of the terrorist organization Hamas. “Israel is at war with Hamas not the Palestinian people,” he told the judges. Israel has invoked its right to self-defence following the attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian ex…