UN judges will rule on South Africa’s request for emergency measures against Israel, which is accused at the World Court of state-led genocide for its military operation in Gaza, Reuters reports.

Today’s ruling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will not deal with the core accusation of the case — whether genocide occurred — but will focus on the urgent intervention sought by South Africa.

The 17-judge panel will only decide on whether or not to impose provisional measures and whether there is a plausible risk that Israel’s operation violates the 1948 Genocide Convention.

The court will issue its ruling at 1200pm GMT in a hearing expected to last about an hour.

The court is not bound to follow South Africa’s requests and could order its own measures if it finds it has jurisdiction at this stage of the case.