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UN Silence Condemned as Israeli Officials Demand Action on Hostages in Gaza

 

A harrowing session of the United Nations Security Council unfolded in New York this week as Israeli officials and relatives of hostages held by Hamas issued powerful appeals for international action. Ilay David, brother of hostage Evyatar David, addressed the council via live video, delivering a searing condemnation of what he called the body’s inaction in the face of “monstrous cruelty.”

 

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“Every moment of delay is a step closer to a final, tragic outcome. We all have a responsibility,” he said, urging the Security Council and the broader global community to act decisively. “To the leaders of the world, to every member of this council and to the global community, your silence in the face of this monstrous cruelty is complicity.”

 

David’s testimony came just days after Hamas released propaganda footage of hostages, including his brother Evyatar and another captive, Rom Braslavski, who appeared gaunt and malnourished. One chilling scene showed Evyatar being forced to dig his own grave. “My father cannot sleep and my mother has not stopped crying,” Ilay told the council. He implored the UN to “recognize that this is a matter of life and death requiring urgent medical intervention.”

 

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar flew to New York to speak at the emergency session, which was called at Israel’s request. Support for the meeting came from the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Sa’ar did not mince words, especially when addressing remarks made by Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s deputy envoy, who said Moscow mourned all victims but blamed Israel for the absence of a ceasefire.

 

“It was really funny to hear the Russian Federation representative, after three and a half years of a brutal invasion, brutal war in Ukraine and bombardments on civilian population in Kiev and other places, speaking here the way he spoke,” Sa’ar said. He also accused the Palestinians of adopting propaganda tactics from the Soviet era. “The Palestinians learned propaganda from you—from the Soviet era, and you were good teachers,” he said to Polyanskiy. “The Palestinians invented terrorism as a way to promote their means, and it includes all Palestinian factions.”

 

Describing Hamas as “pure evil,” Sa’ar said the group had orchestrated a campaign of “starvation” and “torture” against the hostages. He denounced their use of the captives in what he called a “deliberate and well-planned, sadistic propaganda campaign,” citing the stark contrast between the skeletal hostages and a “well-fed terrorist” whose “thick, meaty arm” appeared in the video.

 

Addressing accusations that Israel was to blame for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Sa’ar defended his country’s actions. “Israel has been facilitating huge amounts of aid into Gaza since the beginning of the war,” he said. “The truth must be told: Hamas sadistically starves our hostages, while the terrorists enjoy meat, fish and vegetables.”

 

He further noted that under the terms of a ceasefire deal in November 2023, the Red Cross was to be allowed access to assess hostages and provide medication—access he said Hamas has denied. “Terror states and organizations kidnapping civilians is not just our problem,” Sa’ar warned. “Today it’s Israel. Tomorrow, it’s you.”

 

Sa’ar also condemned the international media for what he viewed as biased coverage. “I read the New York Times the day after Hamas released the distorted video of Evyatar David. I looked, but could not find Evyatar on the front-page,” he said, criticizing the outlet for previously featuring images of supposedly starving Gazan children, later found to have preexisting conditions. “We are witnessing the twisted anti-Israel agenda of so much of the global media” and UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s “deafening silence” on the hostages.

 

Outside the chamber, Sa’ar told reporters his mission was to “put the issue of the hostages front and center on the world stage.” He criticized last week’s two-state solution conference at the UN, hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, as having “assassinated the hostage deal and ceasefire,” arguing it gave Hamas incentives to prolong the conflict.

 

U.S. interim ambassador Dorothy Shea echoed Israeli concerns, warning that “some have instead taken steps that embolden Hamas and undermine the negotiators’ efforts.” She described the previous week’s conference as an “unproductive publicity stunt” that “undercut the efforts of mediators and prolong the war.” Shea added, “These gifts to Hamas not only imperil the hostages. They also hurt the civilians of Gaza who continue to suffer.”

 

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Source Forbes | UN Council Meeting Live  2025-08-07