PRESS CONFERENCE
Gilad Cohen, Ambassador of Israel to Japan
Friday, June 27, 2025
Language: The speech and Q & A will be in English.
In March 2025, Israel's two-month ceasefire with Hamas ended, and the death toll now exceeds 56,000 in Gaza since the October 7, 2023, surprise attack by Hamas on Israel. That attack saw more than 1,200 Israelis killed and 250 taken hostage. On Tuesday seven Israeli soldiers were killed by a bomb attached to their armored carrier in southern Gaza, as the war rages on.
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched surprise attacks on sites in Iran, saying they were necessary to head off an imminent threat from Iranian nuclear weapons. Tehran, in turn, launched a series of missile and drone strikes on Israel. That initial fighting was followed by the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites. However, on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete and total ceasefire to be phased in over 24 hours. By Wednesday, however, that proved to be presumptuous, as the nations continued bomb and missile strikes on the other. Iran separately fired 19 missiles at U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
The potential for an Israeli-Iranian ceasefire had briefly raised hopes that focus would turn to a possible ceasefire in Gaza as well as the return of at least 50 hostages still held by Hamas. Qatar has said it would work to restart ceasefire negotiations between the sides.
Does a ceasefire between Israel and Iran raise the prospect for a firmer ceasefire in Gaza? Ambassador Gilad Cohen will again visit the Club to give Israel's view on the situation. Separately, in the interest of full comment, the FCCJ has also invited the ambassadors of Iran, Palestine, and the U.S. for their own press conferences on the topic.
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