Israeli FM to fly to New York today for special UN Security Council session on hostages

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar will fly to New York this evening to take part in a special session of the United Nations Security Council on the issue of the Gaza hostages tomorrow morning, the minister announces at a Jerusalem press conference, Report informs via The Times of Israel.

Speaking against a photo backdrop of hostage Evyatar David, Sa’ar adds that he requested that an urgent discussion of the UNSC be arranged after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released harrowing videos of David and hostage Rom Braslavski in recent days, in which they appeared severely emaciated.