International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says the extrajudicial killing will undermine efforts to end the conflict
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“South Africa urges that a thorough investigation be conducted and calls on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint to avoid any acts that would escalate tensions in the particularly fragile region,” it said.said extrajudicial killings such as the assassination of Haniyeh violated international law and the principles of human rights.
More than 39 000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Gaza since Israel invaded last October in retaliation for an attack by Hamas in which about 1 200 people were killed. Almost 2.3 million people have been displaced by the attacks.for violation of the United Nations genocide convention, and has been at the forefront of initiatives to bring international pressure to bear on Israel.
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