Overview

• Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon defended the strike on Hamas figures in Doha during a Security Council session, invoking the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
• Danon linked the debate to the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and referenced a Council resolution that bars states from harboring or funding terrorists, arguing there is no immunity for Hamas.
• Pakistan’s envoy Asim Iftikhar Ahmad called the action illegal and unprovoked, alleging Israel repeatedly violates international law through operations in Gaza and strikes in Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen.
• Danon said the Council applies different standards to Israel, noting that no one condemned the United States for killing bin Laden on Pakistani soil in 2011.
• The exchange highlighted entrenched divisions over the Doha operation, and the meeting ended without consensus or a binding outcome.