South Africa v. Israel
Read the January 2024 provisional-measures order, the requests before the Court, and the limits of that decision.
Historical checkpoint: the 26 January 2024 order in ICJ case 192. Later orders and the present case status are outside this revision. This is separate from the ICJ advisory proceedings on the occupied Palestinian territory and from ICC criminal cases.
The decision
What this provisional order required, with paragraph references.
The parties
Requests made in this proceeding, dated to the record.
The limits
Provisional measures and a final merits determination are different stages.
What this record establishes
- Scope of the record · 26 Jan 2024
The January order expressly left the merits, admissibility and jurisdiction for the merits undecided.
- Documented action · 26 Jan 2024
The Court ordered Israel to enable urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza.
- Scope of the record · 26 Jan 2024
The Court explained that the measures it ordered could differ from those South Africa requested.
What still needs evidence
- This revision does not cover the March and May 2024 orders or subsequent pleadings.
- Compliance and a final merits outcome cannot be inferred from this January checkpoint.
Consult the docket for later documents.
Trace the record.
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The first provisional-measures order
The January order expressly left the merits, admissibility and jurisdiction for the merits undecided.
The Court ordered Israel to enable urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza.
The Court explained that the measures it ordered could differ from those South Africa requested.
Who said what, on which issue.
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South Africa
Provisional measures requested in case 192
Asked the Court to order suspension of Israel’s military operations in and against Gaza.
A litigating position recorded in the Court’s order; it does not establish how the Court ruled on every request.
Israel
Provisional measures requested in case 192
Asked the Court to reject South Africa’s request for provisional measures.
A position on this request at this hearing. It is not a classification of a population or of every later position.
Open the evidence.
2 documents · 1 recorded origin. An origin groups a record and its summaries or later institutional updates. This count does not establish independent corroboration.
ICJ, Order of 26 January 2024 — case 192 ↗
26 Jan 2024 · Retrieved 4 Sept 2026 · Document captured
Court order hosted by South Africa’s justice ministry. The host is a party to the case. The Court’s summary below describes the same order; these are not independent confirmations.
“in no way prejudges”
Paragraph 84
“urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance”
Paragraph 86(4)
“immediately suspend its military operations”
South Africa’s requested measure, paragraph 11(1)
“[r]eject the request”
Israel’s submission, paragraph 12
Document fingerprint and passage locations
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ICJ summary of the 26 January 2024 order ↗
26 Jan 2024 · Retrieved 4 Sept 2026 · Document captured
Summary of the same January order. It is useful for navigation, but adds no independent reporting origin.
“the measures to be indicated need not be identical to those requested”
Conclusion and measures to be adopted, paragraphs 75–84
Document fingerprint and passage locations
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About this source record
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