Hostage's brother to UN Security Council: Your silence is deafening, your inaction suffocating

Michael Levy, the brother of Hamas hostage Or Levy, addresses the UN Security Council as it meets for a session on the Middle East.

Levy says in a video message that his family has suffered “439 days of fear, anguish, and an unbearable silence that echoes louder than any words ever could.”

“Or is more than just a number. He is a real human being. A father to an amazing three-year-old son named Almog who lost his mother in the horrendous terror attack of October 7th and is now essentially orphaned,” Levy says. “Imagine not knowing if your child is okay and who is taking care of him. Almog keeps asking about mom and dad, and even when we try to explain, he doesn’t understand why he can’t see his dad, and what it means when we say that mom will never come back.

“This baby still has a father, a father who can come back to him. Do not let him become an orphan. You have the power to save his father,” he says.

“I’m here today to remind this council and the world of its duty. Not just as diplomats, but as people, as mothers, fathers, siblings and friends. Because this is not merely a political issue, this is a human issue, a moral issue,” he adds.

“This baby still has a father. A father who can come back to him. Do not let him become an orphan. You have the power to save his father.”

Michael Levy, brother to hostage Or Levy, spoke to the UN security council. Or is the father of 3 year old Almog. His wife Einav was… pic.twitter.com/pqJPz2f2Sb

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“I want to ask every member of this council. What would you do if it was your child? Your brother, your loved one?”

“Hamas’s actions are not just blatant violation of international law. They are an assault on humanity itself. Holding civilians hostage, men, women, children, is a violation of the principles that this very council was created to protect,” Levy states.

“And yet your silence is deafening. Your inaction is suffocating. For every day this council fails to act, the message to the world is clear. That some lives are worth saving and others are not. “