Envoys say Israel will continue going after Hamas despite criticism, as UN meeting on airstrike set

The UN Security Council will meet this afternoon to discuss Israel’s attack on Hamas’s leadership in Qatar, ambassador to the UN Danny Danon says on X.

Danon says he will tell the body that Jerusalem plans to continue going after terror figures regardless of where they are located, shrugging off condemnations from allies and foes alike.

“I intend to make it absolutely clear to the Council: there will be no immunity for terrorists – not in Gaza, not in Lebanon, and not in Qatar. We will not back down and we will continue to act decisively against the leaders of terror wherever they are hiding,” he says.

On Fox News, the ambassador to the US says Israel will continue targeting any Hamas leaders who may have survived the strike.

“If we didn’t get them this time, we’ll get them next time,” Leiter says.

But while he also brushes away criticism of the strike, which also came from the US, Leiter emphasis that Washington and Jerusalem are “united in the effort of eliminating Hamas as being a threat to peace in the Middle East.”

“We have acted together in the past, we’ll act together in the future,” Leiter adds.