Michael Levy, whose brother, Or, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, will speak at U.N. headquarters in New York.
The United Nations Security Council is holding a hostage-family briefing on Wednesday featuring an address by a relative of one of the Israelis being held by Hamas in Gaza.
According to the Hostage and Missing Families Forum Headquarters, an Israeli group representing the captives and their families, it marks the first time in Security Council history that a hostage’s family member will address the 15-country forum at U.N. headquarters in New York City.
Michael Levy, whose brother, Or, was kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, will deliver remarks at the opening of the session, the topic of which is to be the situation in the Middle East.
“This unprecedented invitation follows sustained efforts by hostage families in Washington, and the Hostage Families Forum in Israel, New York, and [Washington, D.C.],” the Forum said.
Hamas currently holds 100 hostages in Gaza, 64 of whom are still alive according to the latest Israeli estimates.
The event will be broadcast live at 10 a.m. NYC time and 5 p.m. Israel time.
