The Comoros has formally declared its intention to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s top judicial body announced on Friday.
According to a statement from the court, the Indian Ocean island nation filed its declaration of intervention on 29 October, citing Article 63 of the ICJ Statute, which allows states to join proceedings involving the interpretation of a convention to which they are parties.
South Africa lodged the case in December 2023, accusing Israel of committing acts of genocide during its military operations in Gaza. The case has since drawn support from several countries, including Spain, Ireland, Libya, Mexico, Belgium and Türkiye, all of which have filed similar interventions.
The ICJ has issued three provisional measures in the case, directing Israel to take all possible steps to prevent genocidal acts and to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.
More than 68,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its assault in October 2023, according to local authorities. Despite a ceasefire agreement announced on 10 October 2025 under a 20-point peace plan brokered by US President Donald Trump, reports indicate that Israeli forces have repeatedly breached the truce.
Comoros, a small Muslim-majority nation in the Indian Ocean, has long expressed solidarity with the Palestinian cause and previously supported legal action against Israel over its blockade of Gaza.
