RIYADH: A Belgian minister has pledged her country's backing for the case filed by South Africa with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking to stop Israel's aggression in Gaza.
Caroline Gennez, Belgium's minister of development cooperation, announced on January 20 her pledge on X (formerly Twitter) account.
"If the International Court of Justice calls on #Israel to cease its military campaign in #Gaza, our country will fully support it," Gennez said.
DOHA/GAZA: Israel pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Saturday while its planes dropped leaflets on the southern area of Rafah urging Palestinians seeking refuge there to help locate hostages held by Hamas, residents said.
Palestinian fighters battled tanks trying to push back into the eastern suburbs of the Jabalia area in northern Gaza, where Israel had started pulling out troops and shifting to smaller-scale operations, residents and militants said.
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said the kingdom was “very worried” that tensions in the Red Sea amid attacks by Yemen’s Houthis and US strikes on Houthi targets could spiral out of control and escalate the conflict in the region.
“I mean, of course, we are very worried. I mean, you know, we are in a very difficult and dangerous time in the region, and that’s why we are calling for de-escalation,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan told CNN ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS’ in an interview that will be aired on Sunday.