Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Army attacks in Gaza kill 135 in 24 hours

Many Palestinians have been roused by South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, in part due to that country’s own legacy of struggle against an apartheid government that had strong support from powerful Western nations.

“South Africa has very high standing among nations that were colonised in the past. It is a country that overcame apartheid, overcame colonisation, overcame an alliance of the very same countries that are now supporting Israel in its campaign against the Palestinian people,” Palestinian analyst Nour Odeh told Al Jazeera.

“For me, as a Palestinian growing up watching my parents and everybody engaged very actively in the fight against apartheid, in support of the people in South Africa, celebrating the fall of apartheid, I don’t think for any Palestinian there could have been a better country to take this case to the ICJ,” she added. “There’s a feeling of vindication.”

Gaza’s main telecommunications provider Paltel says via a statement on Facebook that a total of 13 of its employees have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7.

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported that the employees were killed when a car they were driving was hit by Israeli bombs.