Protesters near UN HQ urge body to solve ‘largest’ hostage crisis in modern history
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Hundreds of people are demonstrating outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, demanding the release of the roughly 240 hostages who have been held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza for the past month.
The US demonstrators call on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to act immediately in the face of what they say is the largest hostage crisis in modern history.
Demonstrating on behalf of the Israeli Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the protesters display posters with pictures of the wife and children of UN Secretary-General Guterres, labeled as hostages, with the caption: “What would you do if your family members were held hostage?”
In front of them, blindfolded activists simulate the Israeli hostages currently being held by Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza.
