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Sunday, March 10, 2024
Foreign Minister Katz speaks with PM ahead of UN Security Council session on Hamas sexual violence
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Foreign Minister Israel Katz before the diplomat takes off for New York with dozens of family members of hostages held by Hamas.
The families will participate in an emergency UN Security Council session on Monday about the report on Hamas sexual violence prepared by special envoy Pramila Patten. The families will also meet with Patten.
Gal Hirsch, the government point man on hostages held by Gaza terror groups, will also make the trip.
“I congratulate and wish success to all members of the delegation in the national effort to free our abductees and fight for Israel’s position and justice,” says Netanyahu in a statement.
“Although we achieved an important political achievement in the form of an immediate meeting of the Security Council, we are not stopping here,” says Katz. “The findings of the report describing what happened to our women on October 7 is the most serious thing that has been put before the UN having to do with Israel.”
“The people of Israel will not accept what happened, and we will not stop until the UN declares Hamas a terrorist organization,” says Katz.
The delegation is set to take off in the wee hours of Monday morning.
The Times of Israel Community.