Amid Israel Defense Forces efforts to secure the freedom of six hostages, including an American, Hamas executed the civilians who were taken from Israel during the Oct. 7 massacre.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, is facing a barrage of criticism for failing to explicitly condemn the Hamas terrorist movement for its murders of one American and five Israeli citizens on Saturday.
Israel Defense Forces were looking to rescue the six hostages held by Hamas, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, in the tunnel system below Gaza’s Rafah city, but instead found all six murdered at the hands of the terror group. The Times of Israel, quoting Israel’s ministry of health, reported that the hostages had been murdered between Thursday and Friday morning.
Guterres wrote on X, « I will never forget my meeting last October with the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and other hostage families. Today’s tragic news is a devastating reminder of the need for the unconditional release of all hostages and an end to the nightmare of war in Gaza. »
Guterres’ post on X sparked criticism from Israel’s former U.N. ambassador Gilad Erdan for playing down the severity of the murders by labeling the news as merely « tragic » and not condemning Hamas outright.
Guterres’ spokesman did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital press query.
Erdan, who only left his role as ambassador last month, told Fox News Digital , « The Secretary General not only has Israeli blood on his hands, but he has American blood on his hands too.
