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FIRST ON FOX: Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon slammed planetary disapproval from the U.K., France and Canada implicit Israel's warfare against Hamas terrorists.
Responding to the criticism, Danon told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive interrogation astatine the Jerusalem Post league successful New York that portion Israel values planetary law, it volition not halt warring Hamas until each hostages are released.
"We person 58 hostages successful Gaza. This warfare volition not extremity erstwhile the hostages are near behind. We volition bring each of them back," Danon said, emphasizing Israel's determination to decorativeness the warfare and bring location those held captive. Danon besides expressed vexation that the planetary assemblage has not placed much unit connected Hamas implicit the hostages, urging those countries to marque stronger statements connected their behalf.
The associated connection issued by the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Canada condemned Israel's subject operations successful Gaza, criticizing the humanitarian concern and calling for an contiguous ceasefire. The connection besides urged Israel to let much assistance into Gaza, specifically calling connected the Israeli authorities to prosecute with the United Nations to resume assistance successful enactment with humanitarian principles and to propulsion for the merchandise of each hostages held by Hamas.
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IDF forces are seen operating successful Rafah, a metropolis successful the Gaza Strip. (IDF Spokesman's Office)
Danon besides took contented with remarks made by Tom Fletcher, the U.N.'s undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who accused Israel of committing genocide during his code earlier the U.N. Security Council. Fletcher criticized Israel’s actions successful Gaza, stating that astir of the portion was either nether Israeli subject power oregon subjected to displacement orders.
"What Mr. Fletcher said astatine the Security Council was unacceptable and shameful, accusing america for committing a genocide. He knows amended than that. That’s a libel and I expect him to instrumentality backmost those words and apologize. We volition not enactment with him until helium volition marque it wide that Israeli isn’t committing a genocide. We person nary volition for that, helium knows that. We are doing our champion to decision the terror radical Hamas. We volition decision Hamas, but blaming america for committing specified atrocities, that is thing we cannot judge from immoderate U.N. official."
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Tom Fletcher, United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)
Regarding the ongoing humanitarian situation successful Gaza and the caller opening of the borders to let assistance trucks into Gaza aft 2 months, Fletcher commented connected X, calling Israel's impermanent support to present constricted assistance a "drop successful the ocean."
Danon stressed that the assistance was lone granted to NGOs that guarantee Hamas does not infiltrate their ranks oregon loot assistance intended for civilians.
"Let’s instrumentality to the facts," Danon said. "We are inactive expecting a retraction of the inappropriate libel that you asserted past week astatine the Security Council."
In a briefing today, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the secretary-general, besides referenced the connection by Fletcher, who stressed that the standard of assistance is inactive insufficient to conscionable the overwhelming needs of the population. He called for much crossings to beryllium opened and for the simplification of procedures to guarantee a regular travel of aid, emphasizing that without specified measures, the humanitarian situation successful Gaza would proceed to worsen.
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Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during the Jerusalem Post's yearly league successful New York. (Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post)
Danon besides addressed the aboriginal of humanitarian assistance successful Gaza, specifically successful effect to proposals for replacing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) with a caller U.S.-backed assistance mechanism.
"We decided that UNRWA volition not person thing connected to Israel. They cognize it, the U.N. knows it," helium said, criticizing the U.N.'s relation successful the region. He voiced enactment for the U.S. initiative, calling it a invited measurement toward addressing Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. "I cannot recognize however anyone tin boycott a humanitarian effort," helium added. "If those radical successful the U.N. attraction truthful overmuch astir the humanitarian crisis, they should instrumentality portion successful these efforts, not boycott them."
Fox News' Rachel Wolf contributed to this article.
Efrat Lachter is an investigative newsman and warfare correspondent. Her enactment has taken her to 40 countries, including Ukraine, Russia, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Afghanistan. She is simply a recipient of the 2024 Knight-Wallace Fellowship for Journalism. Lachter tin beryllium followed connected X @efratlachter.
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