"Controversy and Silence: UN Human Rights Council's Failure to Acknowledge Israeli Victims"

Pakistan's deputy permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Zaman Mehdi, failed to honor the Israelis who were murdered by Hamas during a moment of silence held by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Mehdi expressed concerns over the loss of innocent lives in the occupied Palestinian territory but omitted mentioning the lives lost in Israel due to the recent Hamas attack. In contrast, the US Permanent Representative to the Human Rights Council, Michèle Taylor, requested a moment of silence to commemorate the lives lost in the Hamas attack on Israel and condemned the acts of terrorism.