UN Security Council to hold special session this week on hostages in Gaza

By Nava Freiberg

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3 August 2025, 9:11 pm

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Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

United Nations Security Council members vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on June 4, 2025. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)

The United Nations Security Council will hold a special session on Tuesday morning to discuss the 50 hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, following a request by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, according to his office.

Sa’ar urgently pushed for the discussion, which does not yet appear on the UNSC’s online agenda, after harrowing videos of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski appearing severely emaciated were released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in recent days.