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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

UN Security Council

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a United Nations Security Council emergency meeting in New York on June 22, 2025. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 6:59 am
‘Where were you when Iran raced toward bomb?’ At UN, Israel blasts critics of US attack
Envoy Danon tells Security Council member-states they were ‘silent’ and ‘complicit’ in Iran’s nuclear weapons program; many countries tell Iran to return to talks to resolve crisis
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An Iranian refueling plane is seen on fire at Mashhad Airport in northeast Iran following an Israeli strike on June 15, 2025. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2025, 5:00 pm
Iran’s efforts to ‘annihilate’ Israel justify offensive, Sa’ar tells UN Security Council
Israeli FM says ‘reliable intel’ showed Tehran was accelerating nuclear weapons plan; its missile program and support for proxies are all part of strategic plan to eliminate Israel
By Jeremy Sharon
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
The Iranian flag outside the IAEA headquarters during the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 20, 2024. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
June 11, 2025, 11:27 am
What to know about IAEA nuclear inspections ahead of vote on censuring Iran
Iran limited monitors’ access after Trump withdrew from 2015 deal; if new deal isn’t reached, Israel and US could strike nuclear sites, and Tehran may decide to build bomb
By AP and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea (C) speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting to 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)
June 5, 2025, 2:14 pm
Daily Briefing June 5: Day 608 – US and Israel against the world at the UN
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on hostage release-ceasefire talks, another day’s pause by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and the decision to block an Arab FM delegation from the West Bank
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at his office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2025. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
May 22, 2025, 6:18 am
Netanyahu sets implementation of Trump’s Gaza relocation plan as new condition for ending war
At rare press conference, PM insists Qatari funds sent to Hamas at Israel’s request did not enable Oct. 7, seems to downplay terror group’s capabilities: ‘Attacked in flip-flops’; falsely claims Kibbutz Ein HaShlosha was not invaded
By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
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
Released hostage Eli Sharabi holds up a photo of his family as he speaks at the UN Security Council in New York on March 20, 2025. Sharabi’s wife Lianne and their daughters, Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, were killed by terrorists in their home’s safe room at Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023 (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
March 20, 2025, 9:15 pm
Full text: Freed hostage Eli Sharabi asks UN Security Council, ‘Where was the world?’
Released captive recounts horrors of captivity, recalls terrorists laughed as they told him his brother had been killed, says UN aid was stolen by ‘terrorists who tortured me and murdered my family’
By ToI Staff
Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting recounting his time in Hamas captivity in Gaza on March 20, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
March 20, 2025, 7:43 pm
Eli Sharabi tells UN Security Council: Hamas steals your aid while hostages starve
Released captive says Hamas guards laughed as they told him his brother was killed in captivity, describes being abandoned by international humanitarian organizations
By Nava Freiberg
Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza and the Middle East, at UN headquarters in New York City on March 18, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
March 18, 2025, 8:18 pm
US envoy to UN says blame for renewed Gaza fighting ‘lies solely with Hamas’
Dorothy Shea tells Security Council that ‘Trump has made clear Hamas must release the hostages immediately or pay a high price’; Guterres says UN will ‘not give up’ on ceasefire
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
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
Hamas operative Anas Mohammad Faiz a-Sharif in an interrogation video released by the IDF on January 7, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 7, 2025, 5:22 pm
Hamas member tells IDF interrogators that gunmen operated in Kamal Adwan Hospital
Operative says terrorists saw north Gaza hospital as ‘safe shelter,’ used it as armory; unclear whether statements were made under duress, and whether other detainees agree
By Emanuel Fabian 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
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