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ofjustice in the hague is considering whether israel has engaged in "genocidal acts" in gaza. the case has been brought by south africa. its lawyers will urge judges to order israel to "immediately suspend" its military operations. but israel's president has described the case as "atrocious" and "preposterous". here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. for three months the world has looked on in horror at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. israel says that's an outrageous accusation. according to a 1948 convention, genocide is a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group in whole or in part. that, south africa says, is what israel is doing in gaza. just look at the statistics.
baseless. they claim to be acting in self—defense due to the attack by hamas on the seventh. they're calling for an immediate halt to israel's military operations. this report for a diplomatic respondent. for three months the world has looked on in horror at the scenes from gaza, the huge numbers of palestinian civilians killed orforced to move, the shear level of destruction. south africa says this is evidence of genocide. no one is spared, not even newborn babies. israel has killed more than 23,000 palestinians. more than 300,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed and around 85% of the population has been displaced.
something we will see but i expect the courts to act very quickly on this request for provisional measures and in order from the court within two or three weeks. i also think south africa has done enough and more than enough to satisfy the basic tests for provisional measures to be indicated. this is a much lower standard that they left meet the case continues. but with the court actually does if he decides to indicate provisional measures is a bit more of a?, the court doesn't not to accept or reject with south africa's proposed and the provisions that it deems most appropriate for the situation step way to give us a rough idea, we do not know the exact amount that we do not want to get ahead of ourselves but. the military operations and a bit sceptical that the court will go that far but it will address this in some way
want to get the money back but you know what, timing is everything and i think it happened today, because the iranians also want to show if you put pressure on us and our allies we can do things too. tibia allies we can do things too. 0k, jeremy bowen. _ allies we can do things too. 0k, jeremy bowen, thank you very much. in a moment we'll speak to chris again. first to washington and our north america editor, sarah smith. the uk wouldn't be doing this without the us, would they? almost certainly not. _ without the us, would they? almost certainly not, but _ without the us, would they? almost certainly not, but here _ without the us, would they? almost certainly not, but here officials - certainly not, but here officials will not speculate in public about what they describe as potential future military operations. that's what we heard from the white house and the pentagon today. but the us administration has been talking tough for days about this, warning that there would be consequences, as they call it, if the houthis didn't stop their attacks on ships in the red sea, and we heard that again from the white house today, saying these attacks have to all the houthis will bear the consequences. right now the us secretary of state,
they're re—routing round the far the far side of africa, adding days to thejourney, driving up costs in europe and elsewhere. a us—led task force, including the royal navy's hms diamond, has been in action. they shot down 21 houthi drones and missiles on tuesday. but the houthis, helped by iran, have got plenty more missiles and have vowed to use them, which is why the us and britain say they must now bear the consequences. frank gardner, bbc news. let's get the view from washington now. sarah smith is our north america editor. here, officials will not speculate in public about what they describe as potential future military operations. that's what we heard from the white house and the pentagon today. but the us administration has been talking tough for days about this warning that there would be consequences,
prevail, if so, what does that mean and the long term? >> i think that south africa will prevail in part, some of the measures they are asking for our very straightforward. israel will not destroy evidence. it will allow fact finding missions to enter gaza, to uncover the facts and find out what is really going on on the ground. south africa is also asking the court to order israel to allow and facilitate humanitarian relief. something that israel is already obligated to do under international humanitarian law. now, south africa's big ask is that the court direct israel to immediately suspend its military operations in gaza. this is a big request. there is a precedent for it. that is what the court ordered russia to do. to suspend its military operations in ukraine. i do think that you will hear israel tomorrow argue that a similar order would not be appropriate in this case. my own view is that the court
that means. also, we are looking at artificial intelligence with al decoded. good evening to you. we are told rishi sunak is holding a full cabinet meeting as we go to air, as the uk and the united states prepared to launch military strikes against the goofy rebels in yemen. —— against the houthi rebels. grant shapps, the defence secretary, suggested yeterday that military action was imminentjust hours after us and uk destroyers in the red sea shot down a barrage of drones and missiles that were launched by the iran—backed group. the government held a cobra emergency meeting this morning, along with a meeting of the national security council. in washington the national security spokesmanjohn kirby said it cannot be allowed to continue. are there any red lines or steps that the us would not take or would not be a part of that you could outline? no. do those red lines exist or you just wouldn't outline them? to talk about ar speculate about any potential future military operations, one _
today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli's now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading and a warning to some members of the israeli government. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow.
he's there at a pivotal moment. today, a senior commander with the islamist hezbollah movement was reportedly killed in an apparent israeli drone strike in southern lebanon. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was on the northern border today, where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli's now displaced from their homes. with 80,000 israelis now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza stands at 23,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has "an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading" and a warning to some members of the israeli government.
Ceasefire along the LoC has created an environment of peace and prosperity for the border villages of J&K. This has also led to infrastructural development, a major one being the electrification of the villages for the first time ever. The villages are attracting tourists for the first time in over three decades.