UN Security Council to discuss return of hostage bodies for first time since October 7

The United Nations Security Council is slated to convene on Thursday to discuss the return of the bodies of hostages held by Hamas – the first such meeting to be scheduled since October 7, 2023, according to the Israeli delegation in New York.

The meeting, called for by the Trump administration, is scheduled to discuss Resolution 2474, which addresses returning bodies of missing people held by hostile parties amid armed conflict.

Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, told JNS that the discussion of the resolution will be the “result of a determined and uncompromising political struggle”.

“For months, we have been crying out the cry of the hostage families and the world can no longer remain silent,” the envoy said. “Hamas has turned the kidnapping of bodies into a sick industry. They do not treat the dead with respect. They treat them like inventory.”