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U.N. Security Council to Debate Situation of Israeli Hostages in Gaza
UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar called for urgent UN action to pressure Hamas for the release of 50 hostages, highlighting videos showing severe starvation and torture, officials said.
- Two Palestinian armed groups released videos of hostages, showing distressing conditions, including Evyatar David, who appears emaciated and claims to be digging his own grave, and Rom Braslavski, who describes extreme weakness due to lack of food and water.
- Hamas claimed in a letter to the United Nations Security Council that hostages are experiencing conditions similar to those of people in Gaza, denying allegations of maltreatment.
- Israeli authorities reported that 49 hostages remain in Gaza, with only 20 presumed alive.
- Israeli authorities assert that the hostage-taking by Palestinian armed groups constitutes a war crime.
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Videos Highlight Urgency for Israeli Hostages’ Release
Click to expand Image Screen grab of August 1, 2025 video published by Hamas’ armed wing showing emaciated 24-year-old Israeli hostage Evyatar David in a tunnel sitting next to a chart that he says tracks his extremely limited food intake. © 2025 Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades/AFP via Getty Images In recent days, two Palestinian armed groups have released videos of hostages that underscore the horrendous conditions they are facing. On August 1, Ham…
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar once again called for the release of the hostages in Gaza and greater international pressure on Hamas before a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York. Max Hermes reports from Tel Aviv.
In the UN Security Council, Israel calls for the release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip and greater pressure on Hamas. However, members of the Council also see the Jewish state as responsible.
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Hostage’s brother tells UN Security Council its silence about ‘monstrous cruelty is complicity’
Gideon Sa’ar, the Israeli foreign minister, flew to New York to take part in the session in Turtle Bay. The post Hostage’s brother tells UN Security Council its silence about ‘monstrous cruelty is complicity’ appeared first on JNS.org.
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