The Israeli army announced on Friday May 24 that it had recovered the bodies of three additional hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7. These are the remains of the Franco-Mexican Orion Hernandez-Radoux, Israeli-Brazilian Michel Nisenbaum and Israeli Chanan Yablonka, found during an operation in Jabalia, in the north of the Palestinian enclave. Aged 32 and father of a 2-year-old girl, Orion Hernandez-Radoux was at the Tribe of Nova festival, on vacation, during the October 7 attacks. Follow our live stream.
Benjamin Netanyahu soon in Washington? Israeli Prime Minister will address “Soon” in the US Congress, said the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson. No date has been proposed for the visit of the head of the Israeli government, who has yet to accept. Such a speech would constitute “a timely and very strong show of support for the Israeli government at a time when it is needed most”according to Mike Johnson, opposition figure to President Joe Biden.
Decision expected from the International Court of Justice. The ICJ is due to rule on Friday on a request from South Africa to order “immediately” a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The orders of this court, which decides disputes between states, are legally binding, but the ICJ has no means of enforcing them.
Recognitions of the Palestinian state will have “serious consequences”, according to Israel. After the decision of Spain, Ireland and Norway to recognize a Palestinian state, the Israeli Foreign Ministry warned that these announcements will have “serious consequences” and will return “more difficult to promote an agreement for the release of hostages”.
The Palestinian Authority in financial difficulties. The Palestinian Authority is on the verge of financial asphyxiation, with a deficit of $682 million, or 3.9% of Palestinian GDP, according to a new report from the World Bank. This situation in the West Bank and Gaza is linked to the complete drying up of its resource flows and a strong recession in the Palestinian economy, which further reduces tax revenues.