Algeria is legitimizing Hamas by calling for an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, scheduled for 3 p.m. on Sept. 11, after Israel’s strike in Doha, according to the Israeli mission to the global body in New York.
Algeria represents the Arab states at the council.
“The Algerian ambassador chooses to cooperate with Hamas and provide them with legitimacy from within the Security Council,” stated Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. “Israel will continue to act decisively against the leaders of terror wherever they are hiding and is committed to returning the hostages and maintaining security for our citizens.”
The session, originally set for 3 p.m. on Wednesday, was postponed following a request from the Prime Minister of Qatar to participate in the meeting.
“Israel’s action was not intended to target the State of Qatar,” Danon stated. “The goal was, and will remain, clear: to strike Hamas terrorists and those responsible for the massacres of Oct. 7.”
The ambassador added that “there will be no immunity for terrorists—not in Gaza, Lebanon or Qatar.”
