'Aid will no longer reach Hamas,' Danny Danon says during UNSC debate

“Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped and tortured our citizens," Danon said.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question, in November. (photo credit: REUTERS/Kent Edwards)
ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Danny Danon speaks during a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question, in November.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Kent Edwards)

The UN humanitarian aid system enables Hamas to benefit from international assistance and must be stopped, Ambassador Danny Danon said.

“Aid will no longer reach Hamas,” he said during a UN Security Council debate on Tuesday on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Before the debate, Danon said the UNSC would convene for a special session to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the enclave.

“In my speech, I will emphasize that the UN, led by the secretary-general, insists on preserving old distribution mechanisms that help channel aid to Hamas. Israel will not allow this. Hamas will not benefit from humanitarian aid,” he said on X/Twitter.

Speaking at the debate, Danon directly criticized UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

 Palestinian gunmen secure an aid truck following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. (credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
Palestinian gunmen secure an aid truck following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025. (credit: Hatem Khaled/Reuters)

“Instead of admitting that the system has failed, the UN insists on preserving Hamas’s supply pipeline. This is not neutrality but support for terrorism,” Danon said.

“Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped, and tortured our citizens.”

Gaza aid stolen by Hamas

In March, former hostage Eli Sharabi shared his testimony at a UNSC session focused on the hostages still held in Hamas captivity.

Regarding the humanitarian aid delivered to the Gaza Strip, Sharabi said that as an “eye witness,” he saw what happened to that aid, The Jerusalem Post previously reported.

The “dozens of boxes paid by your government,” he said, were stolen by Hamas and fed the “terrorists who tortured me and murdered my family.”

The “terrorists would eat many meals a day from the UN aid in front of us,” while the hostages never got any of it.