As Nicaragua brought a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons, Germany rejected the allegations of “facilitating the commission of genocide” in Gaza.

According to AFP, Sebastian Fischer, spokesman for the German foreign ministry, told reporters ahead of the hearings, “We reject the allegations from Nicaragua”.

“Germany has violated neither the Genocide Convention nor international humanitarian law and we will demonstrate this in full before the International Court of Justice,” he said.

Nicaragua has also asked the ICJ to decide “provisional measures” — emergency orders imposed while the court considers the broader case.

It is “imperative and urgent” that the court orders such measures given that the lives of “hundreds of thousands of people” are at stake, it said in its submission.