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Israel described the allegations leveled by South Africa as hypocritical and said one of the biggest cases ever to come before an international court reflected a world turned upside down. Israeli leaders defend their air and ground offensive in Gaza as a legitimate response to Hamas&#8217; Oct. 7 attack, when militants stormed through Israeli communities, killing some 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage. 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