The Israeli government says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) should reject South Africa's "highly peculiar" and "improper" urgent request for intervention in the situation in Rafah.
This comes after Pretoria filed an urgent request to the ICJ on Monday over Israel's offensive in Rafah.
The Israeli government responded on Thursday unleashing a plethora of accusations against South Africa, including that the government was "misusing" the court's provisional measures procedure and arguing that the request was premature and riddled with contradictions.