Islamic Jihad killed innocent Palestinian civilians, including children, says Israel’s UN ambassador
At a Security Council debate following Operation "Breaking Dawn", Erdan accused Iran for operating the Palestinian terrorist group
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| 09/08/2022
Israel ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan speaks during the Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York. August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
The UN Security council held an emergency meeting yesterday (Monday) to assess the situation in the Middle East following Operation “Breaking Dawn”, launched by Israel against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. After three days of fighting.
"The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is armed, trained & funded by Iran. In fact while Islamic Jihad was indiscriminately firing rockets at Israeli civilians, its leader was meeting with his Ayatollah puppet master in Iran & getting orders from him," said Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan.
Erdan added that the Security Council’s debate must focus on the facts that a terror organization, attempting to murder Israeli civilians, also murdered innocent Palestinian civilians along the way. Israel defended itself, he said, recalling that Palestinian Islamic Jihad deliberately fired 1,100 rockets at Israeli civilians with roughly 200 landing inside the Gaza strip, killing innocent civilians, including children.
“This is not an assessment. This is the hard truth and Israel has all the proof,” said Erdan, adding that his delegation has video footage, radio evidence and mission logs proving that the tragic deaths of children in Jabalia were the result of Palestinian Islamic Jihad rockets.
The Palestinian delegate to the UN, Riyad Mansour, pointed the blame at Israel. “Enough is enough,” he said, adding that there are two constant features of Israeli policy regardless of who is in power — bombing Gaza and advancing colonial settlements. Mansour stressed that “Israel kills our people because it can” and pressed the Council to i “drag the two parties to the process of peace, today before tomorrow.”
Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN, stressed that the “Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a designated terrorist organization.” She said that it was the Islamic Jihad, not Israel, which up agreement on the ceasefire accord, callously prolonging the hostilities. “Their actions must be condemned by all countries in no uncertain terms,” she said.
At a Security Council debate following Operation "Breaking Dawn", Erdan accused Iran for operating the Palestinian terrorist group
Israel ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan speaks during the Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York. August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
The UN Security council held an emergency meeting yesterday (Monday) to assess the situation in the Middle East following Operation “Breaking Dawn”, launched by Israel against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. After three days of fighting.
"The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is armed, trained & funded by Iran. In fact while Islamic Jihad was indiscriminately firing rockets at Israeli civilians, its leader was meeting with his Ayatollah puppet master in Iran & getting orders from him," said Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan.
Erdan added that the Security Council’s debate must focus on the facts that a terror organization, attempting to murder Israeli civilians, also murdered innocent Palestinian civilians along the way. Israel defended itself, he said, recalling that Palestinian Islamic Jihad deliberately fired 1,100 rockets at Israeli civilians with roughly 200 landing inside the Gaza strip, killing innocent civilians, including children.
“This is not an assessment. This is the hard truth and Israel has all the proof,” said Erdan, adding that his delegation has video footage, radio evidence and mission logs proving that the tragic deaths of children in Jabalia were the result of Palestinian Islamic Jihad rockets.
The Palestinian delegate to the UN, Riyad Mansour, pointed the blame at Israel. “Enough is enough,” he said, adding that there are two constant features of Israeli policy regardless of who is in power — bombing Gaza and advancing colonial settlements. Mansour stressed that “Israel kills our people because it can” and pressed the Council to i “drag the two parties to the process of peace, today before tomorrow.”
Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN, stressed that the “Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a designated terrorist organization.” She said that it was the Islamic Jihad, not Israel, which up agreement on the ceasefire accord, callously prolonging the hostilities. “Their actions must be condemned by all countries in no uncertain terms,” she said.
