Gilad Erdan

Erdan called out hypocrisy from his colleagues at the United Nations and noted that Hamas is continuing to plan attacks.

The ambassador emphasized that it is clear that if Hamas regains its capabilities, it will attempt to carry out another massacre against Israeli civilians.

"I ask that Kfir's birthday cake remain here on the podium as a painful memory so that everyone who comes up to speak here today will remember Kfir and our duty to bring him home."

"This is not an 'Israeli problem,' it is not even a 'Middle East problem.' This is a threat to the entire world," Israel's ambassador to the UN said.

Gilad Erdan thanked US for standing on Israel's side throughout the negotiations on the UN Security Council resolution and maintaining defined red lines; resolution does not condemn Hamas.

Even if it was not Gilad Erdan’s intention, the sign that he held up at the UN this week rhetorically turned the tables on an arch-critic of Israel, Thomas Friedman.

Gilad Erdan's comments were made after Hamas launched rockets towards the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Erdan has had a slew of insults, personal attacks, and threats against his family sent to his phone.

Gilad Erdan held up a sign depicting Yahya Sinwar's office phone number and asked UNGA members to call Sinwar if they truly care for a ceasefire.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ actions “constitute support of the Hamas terrorist organization."