The Israeli mission to the United Nations held an event honoring the “women who stepped forward when the world stood still” at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.
“On Oct. 7, not only was the cruelty of Hamas revealed to the world, but also the heroism of Israeli women,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said at the event.
“In the face of terror and murder, they stood up like lionesses,” he said. “They fought, saved and protected.”
“We carry their spirit with us. The women of Israel have proven that they will not be broken or silenced, and our message is clear: our people cannot be subdued,” Danon said.
Held a week before the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, the event drew more than 700 people, including dozens of envoys to the United Nations, diplomats from around the world and family members of hostages.
Noa Beer, a survivor of the Nova music festival, addressed attendees, as did Capt. (res.) Karni Guez, commander of an all-female tank unit that fought terrorists on Oct. 7.
Mike Waltz, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told attendees, “I have a 21-year-old daughter, and she looks up to the women of Israel, she looks up to the toughness that she sees and the resilience.”
“We stand shoulder to shoulder with you, and with the people of Israel,” Waltz said. “Israel’s right to defend itself is non-negotiable. Period.”
Danon said that if Hamas rejects the plan for peace in Gaza, which U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday, “Israel will finish the job, either the easy way or the hard way.”
