Herzog urges world leaders not to engage with Hamas until hostages are released

By JNS Staff

 

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, currently on a diplomatic visit to the Baltic states, met with Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs in Riga on Tuesday.

During joint press statements following their bilateral talks, Herzog issued an urgent appeal to the international community, urging nations not to engage in dialogue with the Hamas terrorist group until all hostages held in Gaza are released.

The situation of the hostages is beyond dire. Starved, tortured and abused.

The release of the hostages is not only a moral imperative, it is the key to finding a solution to the situation in Gaza.

Israel is undertaking a dramatic overhaul of the supply of humanitarian aid to… pic.twitter.com/hcrAfUM6fV

— יצחק הרצוג Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) August 5, 2025

Emphasizing the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the plight of hostages, Herzog said, “In order to get to the day after, in order to finish the tragedy in Gaza, the terrible tragedy in Gaza, which was imposed only by Hamas, one has to get the hostages back home. Because we are dealing with a jihadist terror regime in Gaza, which we are trying to remove in order to release our hostages and make sure that our citizens on the border live in peace, we have to get the hostages back.”

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