The Israeli Army has found the body of Orión Hernández Radoux, the last Mexican remaining in the hands of Hamas after his kidnapping on October 7, 2023, during a military operation in the early hours of Thursday to Friday in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, confirmed the death of the 30-year-old man this Friday in his daily press conference, La mañanera: “Very unfortunate, one of the hostages was found dead, Orión Hernández. He, it is assumed, is maintaining that from the first days of the detention, of the kidnapping, they murdered him, he lost his life. The leader has also opened the door to a possible recognition of the State of Palestine, after eight months of unequal war against Israel that began with the attack by Hamas and after this week Spain, Norway and Ireland did the same: “It is being seen “Our diplomacy is looking at this issue, we are attentive to what is happening.”
Along with Hernández Radoux, a Mexican-French native of Tepotzlán, in the State of Morelos, the Army has also found in a joint operation with the Shin Bet security agency the bodies of the Brazilian-Israeli Michel Nisenbaum, 59, and the Israeli Hanan Yablonka, 42. Nisenbaum had lived in Israel since he was 13, currently residing in the city of Sderot and was a father and grandfather (he never met his youngest granddaughter, he says). the Efe agency). Yablonka was also the father of two children, lived in Tel Aviv and was kidnapped at the Nova music festival, the same place where Hamas kidnapped Hernández Radoux, who attended the event with his partner Shani Louk and his friend Keshet Casarotti, both killed that day.
The Israeli Army considers that the three men whose bodies have now been recovered were also dead from the beginning, according to a statement released by the Israeli Army and picked up by the news agency: “According to verified intelligence information in our possession, the hostages were killed during the October 7 massacre and kidnapped at the Mefalsim intersection into Gaza by Hamas terrorists.” The rescue of the bodies occurred after “intense fighting in the areas” thanks to “precise intelligence obtained and analyzed in recent days.”
“He sent a hug to his relatives, to his father, who lives, I have reports, in Chile,” López Obrador expressed his solidarity. “We did everything to free him, to save his life. Unfortunately, he couldn’t,” added the leader. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alicia Barcenas, has also joined in the condolences from her profile on the social network , whose actions we unequivocally condemn. In contact with Sergio, his father, to provide him with all the support. She never ceased efforts to free him. Heartfelt condolences.”
On October 7, 2023, the Islamist group Hamas attacked several points in Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping another 253, of whom there are still 121 prisoners, 40 of them dead according to Israeli intelligence, a number that amounts to more of 70 dead at the mouth of Hamas. Israel retaliated with an unprecedented offensive that has destroyed Gaza, killed more than 35,000 Palestinians (mostly children and women) and used hunger as a weapon of war. The same day that the three bodies were recovered, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the Jewish State to “immediately” stop its invasion of Rafah, in the south of the Strip. The main judicial body of the UN demands that the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu allow access to the agency so that it can investigate the genocide claim presented by South Africa last December.
On October 7, in addition to Hernández Radoux, Hamas kidnapped another Mexican, Ilana Gritzewsky Camhi, who was released at the end of November 2023. López Obrador also referred to her this Friday: “His companion, his friend, Mexican too , was released, she is already in Mazatlán, but in her case [Hernández Radoux] Unfortunately he lost his life, that is the report he received yesterday [por el jueves] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” Although there are no more Mexicans in the hands of Hamas, there are still two citizens of Mexico who were among the crew of a British cargo ship that was hijacked by the Houthi rebel group of Yemen in the Red Sea, as a show of support for Palestine. , also at the end of November. “We have communication with them, they are alive, they are fine, arrangements are being made,” the president reiterated.
Netanyahu, for his part, wrote in his doing”. This same week, the Israeli prime minister agreed to resume talks with Hamas to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners, after pressure from the families of those kidnapped. Since the war began, Israel and Hamas only reached a one-week truce agreement in late November, which allowed the release of 105 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners, it notes. Efe.
The Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, Netherlands, announced this Monday that it has asked judges to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and his Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and against humanity in Gaza. Chief prosecutor Karim Khan also called for the arrest of three senior Hamas leaders for the same crimes.
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