Isaac Herzog
The Israeli president spoke next to a picture of Kfir Bibas, who turned one years old in captivity Thursday.
The husband of Vice President Kamala Harris will speak in Switzerland for the international organization.
The Israeli president aims to “increase political pressure to see the swift and safe return of all the hostages.”
Heartfelt appeals address the formidable challenges facing a nation under attack on multiple fronts.
“Babies, the elderly, women, men, are being held in brutal captivity by Hamas,” said the Israeli president.
“The impact of this war, this battlefront reaches all the way down to your campuses,” the Israeli president told a visiting delegation.
They are an “expression of an empire of evil that emanates from Tehran,” the Israeli president told Christian leaders at a holiday gathering.
Israel’s president says responsibility lies “fully with Sinwar” • IDF identifies 1,500 tunnel shafts and underground passages in Gaza so far • Gazan hospital director confesses his facility was a Hamas terror headquarters.
Although the two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1969, the Southeast Asian city state has never posted an envoy to Israel.
Israel’s president said Israel must first deal with its emotional trauma after Oct. 7 and its need for security.
“With God’s help and brave actions, we will see a great miracle and the hostages will return home,” said the Israeli president.
The Israeli president called for an international coalition to counter the threat from the Iranian terror proxy.
