Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, delivered an emotional address to the UN Security Council on Wednesday (May 28), breaking down in tears as he described the "unbearable" suffering of Palestinian children amid Israel's ongoing military aggression in Gaza.
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00:00Her mother and five of her siblings did not make it out of the burning buildings.
00:09If we stop this genocide before she is killed too, word.
00:18Dr. Najjar, who was honoring her noble mission as a doctor trying to save lives,
00:27saw her children as they arrived to the hospital.
00:32Their bodies burned and already dead.
00:36She lost nine of her ten children.
00:41A horror and trauma the mind cannot comprehend.
00:57The heart cannot withstand.
01:06Since Israel broke the ceasefire in March, over 1,300 Palestinian children have been killed.
01:18And around 4,000 have been injured.
01:24These are children.
01:26Children.
01:31And still a war against barbarism.
01:35Children.
01:36Children.
01:46Dozen.
01:48Children.
01:50Are dying of starvation.
01:53The images of mothers embracing their motionless bodies caressing their hair.
02:02Talking to them.
02:06Apologizing to them.
02:12It's unbearable.
02:14How could anyone?
02:17To me.
02:19This sorrow.
02:25Excuse me, Mr. President.
02:28I have grandchildren.
02:29I know what they mean to their families.
02:34And to see the situation of the Palestinians without us having hearts to do something is beyond the ability of any normal human being to tolerate.
02:46Thank you, Mr. President.