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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 623

Danny Danon

Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative of Iran to the UN, listens as Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security at the United Nations Headquarters on June 13, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
June 14, 2025, 12:22 pm
US says Iran would ‘be wise’ to resume talks, denies taking part in Israeli attacks
China joins Iran at UN Security Council meeting in condemning strikes on nuclear facilities, as Macron vows to help protect Israel but says support not unconditional
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Dorothy Shea, acting US Ambassador to the United Nations, raises her hand to veto a draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all the hostages and unhindered aid access across the enclave, at a UN Security Council meeting on June 4, 2025, at the UN headquarters in New York. (Kyodo / Reuters)
June 5, 2025, 2:49 am
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
14 other members back motion demanding release of hostages and unhindered aid; US envoy says will ‘not support any measure that fails to condemn Hamas, call for it to disarm’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinians storm a UN World Food Program warehouse and carry bags of flour in Zawaida, Deir Al-Balah, Central Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2025. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
May 29, 2025, 3:05 pm
Four Palestinians die in storming of Gaza UN food warehouse; IDF was not in area
At least 2 said killed by gunshots at site in Deir Al-Balah, Hamas denies firing; Israel-backed aid group claims terror group falsely reporting injuries at its hubs
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Leah Goldin, the mother of Lt. Hadar Goldin, whose body has been held in Gaza since 2014, delivers a statement to the press at the UN Security Council, accompanied by Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, on May 15, 2025. (Screenshot, UN Web TV)
May 16, 2025, 4:39 am
Slain hostages’ parents, Israeli envoy urge UNSC to act on missing persons mandate
Parents of captives whose remains are held by Hamas join UN Ambassador Danon in calling for enforcement of 2019 resolution mandating the return of missing persons in armed conflict
By Nava Freiberg
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights Situation in the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese holds a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 5, 2025 (James Brooks / AFP)
April 4, 2025, 11:53 pm
Anti-Israel UN investigator keeps her job despite push for removal by US, EU lawmakers
Francesca Albanese, Human Rights Council official with a history of antisemitism, can remain in office until 2028 after complaints against her are dismissed
By Luke Tress
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a photo of Ariel and Kfir Bibas in a video message, February 21, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
February 21, 2025, 1:16 pm
PM slams Hamas’s ‘unspeakable cynicism,’ as body it sent proves not to be of Shira Bibas
Lawmakers fume after terror group sends body of unknown Gazan woman in her place; Kibbutz Nir Oz eulogizes young Bibas brothers Ariel and Kfir after bodies returned to Israel
By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters next to Air Force One after arriving back at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, February 2, 2025. (Ben Curtis/AP)
February 3, 2025, 11:42 am
As Netanyahu arrives in Washington, Trump anticipates ‘big meetings’
With hostage-ceasefire phase 2 negotiations set to start, US president says talks on Middle East ‘progressing’; PM to see key envoy Witkoff on Monday, Trump at White House on Tuesday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Camille Shea speaks during a UN Security Council meeting concerning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at UN headquarters in New York City on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
January 28, 2025, 11:31 pm
Breaking with Biden, Trump envoy expresses support for Israeli laws targeting UNRWA
US representative tells Security Council Jerusalem justified in effort to shutter UN agency over its ties to Hamas, rejects claims that doing so will spark humanitarian disaster
By Jacob Magid
Israelis protest against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside the organization's offices in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
January 25, 2025, 3:02 am
Israel reminds UNRWA it must end operations in Jerusalem and leave premises by Jan. 30
UN envoy Danny Danon officially updates Guterres after Knesset passed legislation last year; UNRWA chief Lazzarini has said agency will ‘stay and deliver’ services where possible
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A member of the Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers forces stands in front of the rubble of destroyed buildings during a patrol in the southern Lebanese village of Borj El Mlouk, near the border with Israel, on January 7, 2025, amid a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah. (Anwar Amro / AFP)
January 14, 2025, 1:26 am
Israeli envoy to UN accuses Hezbollah of trying to rebuild, with help from Iran
Danon writes to Security Council, asserting that UN troops not taking necessary action to stop cash, weapons transfers to Iranian proxy, as IDF gradually withdraws from Lebanon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, talks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, December 18, 2024. (AP Photo/ Seth Wenig)
December 30, 2024, 10:00 pm
At UN, Israel warns Houthis could share fate of Hamas, Hezbollah and Assad
Ambassador Danon tells Yemeni rebels they’ll be wiped out, just like other Iranian proxies, if they continue to attack Israel with missile and drone fire
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of air defenses intercepting a missile fired from Yemen at central Israel, December 25, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 25, 2024, 10:25 am
Houthis fire missile at central Israel for 4th night in past week; IDF intercepts it
Millions scramble to bomb shelters, with alerts activated in wider areas as part of new policy; UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on attacks
By Stuart Winer and Emanuel Fabian
Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads a non-binding advisory opinion regarding Israel and disputed territories, in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
December 20, 2024, 12:01 am
UN votes to ask The Hague if Israel upholding aid obligations to Palestinians
General Assembly resolution is seen as a response to Jerusalem banning UNRWA; ambassador to UN writes letter to Security Council assuring agency can be replaced
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Palestinian Red Crescent rescuers carry the victim of an Israeli strike into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, early on December 12, 2024. (BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
December 12, 2024, 1:06 pm
Israeli strikes said to kill dozens in Gaza; new UN resolutions back ceasefire, UNRWA
Officials in Hamas-controlled enclave say 36 dead, among them at least 12 they say were guards protecting aid deliveries; claims are unconfirmed
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Alternate Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood raises his hand to veto a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, during a United Nations Security Council meeting on November 20, 2024, at UN headquarters in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 20, 2024, 8:52 pm
US vetoes UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire not conditional on hostage release
American officials say they offered compromises that were rejected, cast blame on Russia and China; US allowed a similar resolution to pass in March
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
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