The Israeli military said the bodies of three hostages seized in the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war had been recovered from the Palestinian territory, where fighting raged on Friday.
The announcement of the discovery came ahead of a ruling by the UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice, in a case accusing Israel of “genocide”.
The ICJ, whose orders are legally binding but lack direct enforcement mechanisms, stopped short of ordering a ceasefire in an interim ruling in January but instructed Israel to do everything possible to prevent genocidal acts.
