A Palestinian diplomat has told the United Nations’ top court that Israel is killing and displacing civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza in a case that Israel criticized as part of its “systematic persecution and delegitimization.

The United Nations had asked the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations to facilitate aid under international law.

Palestinian legal representatives on Monday accused Israel of wanting to eradicate the Palestinian people through its boycott of aid to the Gaza Strip. "Israel intends the destruction of our people; it wants the erasure of the Palestinian people,