Israel has rejected claims of genocide in Gaza, put forward by South Africa, during its submission to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Israel said on Friday the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has no jurisdiction under the Genocide Convention to order it to halt its military actions in the Gaza Strip. Israel did not have the needed “special intent” to commit crimes under the Genocide Convention, its lawyer said at the second day of hearings of a case in which South Africa has demanded an immediate end of Israel’s offensive against the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas...