The International Court of Justice at the Hague will hear Israel's arguments defending against the charge that it is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Watch: 

Just before the hearing in The Hague on South Africa's lawsuit against Israel, the families of the abductees demonstrated in the streets of the city with Israeli flags and signs calling for the return of the abductees home from the Gaza Strip.

The Hague Court of Justice holds the first hearing on South Africa's claims against Israel for committing "Genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video last night, a day before the lawsuit against Israel in The Hague begins, in which he says: "We will not permanently occupy Gaza, and we will not uproot the population."

The former leader of the British Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will join the South African delegation to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, when he will participate in the hearing on the case against Israel on the charge of genocide in Gaza.

President Herzog met with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of the hearing at the Hague, strongly criticizing the South Africa genocide suit: "In the face of hypocrisy, we will stand up in The Hague and proudly represent our side."

The Shurat HaDin organization, which specializes in legal and economic struggles against terrorist organizations, filed a lawsuit against the Hamas terrorist organization at the Hague. Attorney Darshan Leitner stated, "If the Hague ignores this massacre, it has no right to exist."