UN Security Council
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UN Security Council set to hold discussion on Israeli POWs and MIAs
Leah Goldin, whose son Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed and taken by Hamas, will urge the Security Council to take immediate action to return the bodies of her son and fellow fallen soldier Oron Shaul, as well as two Israeli citizens Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed to Israel.
The UN Security Council is scheduled to convene at the end of the month for a special discussion on the Israeli citizens and the bodies of IDF soldiers
being held by Hamas in Gaza
Leah Goldin, the mother of slain soldier Hadar Goldin, will address the council alongside Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon.
UN Security Council (Photo: AP)
Goldin will call on council members to take immediate action to return the bodies of her son and fellow fallen soldier Oron Shaul, as well as two Israeli citizens believed to be alive—Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed—to Israel.
In addition to the Goldin family, experts in the fields of international law and humanitarian aid will take part in the discussion. It will also feature speeches from ambassadors and representatives of the council member states.
Top: Jumaa Ibrahim Abu-Ghanima, Sgt. Oron Shaul; Bottom: Lt. Hadar Goldin, Abera Mengistu
The event, which will be open to all diplomats at the UN headquarters in New York, will be the first time Israel initiates a discussion in the Arria-Formula format—a special, informal discussion of the Security Council.
"With incomprehensible cruelty, Hamas is holding citizens and the bodies of Israeli soldiers," Israeli Ambassador Danon said. "The international community must realize its responsibility and pressure Hamas to put an end to this horrible situation. We will continue using all means at our disposal to return our citizens and soldiers to Israel."
