Israeli Envoy Expresses Sympathy To Innocent Victims Of War With Hamas

Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman has expressed sympathy for the innocent souls that died in the war with Hamas.

Freeman expressed his sympathy on Sunday on the occasion commemorating the 2nd year memorial of the war with Hamas.

He said:”Friends, as we remember the victims of October 7, we also express sympathy for the innocent Palestinians who have lost their lives in this war—a war Israel never wanted, a war Israel never started – a war that was forced upon us.

“We grieve for every innocent soul, because we value life—all life.”

The envoy insisted that they are not foreigners and neither did they colonise the land.

He said: “We are not foreigners in Israel, we did not colonize the land of Israel; we returned to it. Jews have lived in Jerusalem, Tiberias, Hebron, Tsfat and every part of our land for over 3,000 years. Through exile and dispersion, we prayed toward Jerusalem, and we remembered Jerusalem at every wedding, every festival, and at every dinner table.

“We revived our language, planted forests, gathered exiles, welcomed survivors, and built a modern technology-based economy in a nation reborn.

“Israel was not created because of the Holocaust. It was created in spite of it.”

He stressed that: “Israel is not built on pity. Israel is built on courage, on faith, on history.

“And today, “Never Again” is not just a slogan. It is the Iron Dome that protects children in Sderot. It is the Israeli pilot in the sky. It is the 18-year-old girl in olive uniform, standing guard so that our children can sleep at night.”

He also expressed gratitude to President Donald Trump of the United States “for his steadfast support, his courage in recognizing truths others ignored, and his unique efforts in bringing our hostages home and helping to finally end this war.”

Highlights of the evening were virtual testimonies of survival of the October 7 2023 attack.