An Israeli official told AFP on Saturday May 25 that Israel had‘”intention” to relaunch negotiations to obtain the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 7. “There is an intention to resume discussions this week.”said this official on condition of anonymity. In early May, indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, through Qatar, Egypt and the United States, did not result in an agreement Follow our live stream.
Two Lebanese Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strikes in Syria. “An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a Hezbollah car and truck near the town of al-Qusayr… killing at least two Hezbollah fighters and injuring others”reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) This is the third attack of its kind in a week against targets of this powerful Lebanese movement in Syria.
The Israeli army continues its bombings on Rafah. The bombing of Rafah continues on Saturday despite the order given by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to the Israeli army to suspend its operations in this sector. Seized by South Africa,The highest court of the UN also ordered Israel to keep open the Rafah crossing, essential for the entry of humanitarian aid but closed after the launch of its land operation in early May. For its part, Israel defended itself by asserting that it had no “has not carried out and will not carry out military operations in the Rafah area which create living conditions likely to lead to the destruction of the Palestinian civilian population, in whole or in part”.
Emmanuel Macron discusses a two-state solution. The French president received the Prime Minister of Qatar and the Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers at the Elysée on Friday to discuss the implementation of the “two-state solutions”, or a viable State of Palestine alongside Israel, the Elysée announced. The leaders also spoke of “all the levers that could be activated in order to obtain the reopening of all crossing points” towards this Palestinian territory and examined how “increase and deepen their cooperation in humanitarian aid”.