Security Council to discuss Hamas hostages for 1st time since Oct. 7, Israel’s UN envoy says

3 September 2024, 7:51 am 8 Edit

Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on situation in the Middle East at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, August 22, 2024. (Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN)

Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon says the Security Council will convene tomorrow (Wednesday), at his urgent request, for an official discussion of the issue of hostages held by Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza.

In a tweet, Danon says it will be the first such discussion since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught.

“It is sad that it took the council 11 months to do this, and only after the barbaric, cold-blooded murder of six hostages by Hamas terrorists,” Danon says, thanking the representatives of the US, Britain and France for facilitating the meeting.

“The Security Council must condemn this Nazi terror group and demand the immediate release of all the hostages.”