As part of a fact-finding mission, Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon led a delegation of U.N. envoys on a tour of Auschwitz and other Holocaust sites in Poland, then traveled with them to Israel and showed them the sites in Israel that were affected by the Oct. 7 attacks, as well as historical sites. The U.N. envoys, some of whom have never before visited Israel and who hail from Italy, Australia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Albania, six African nations, three Latin American ones, five Pacific Island countries and Papua New Guinea, will also meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and senior Israeli officials.

Danon tweeted from Auschwitz, “Together with a delegation of UN ambassadors, we visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp today. Here, on this cursed ground from which the blood of our sisters and brothers cries out, we understand exactly where hatred leads when the world remains silent. Today I am leading the largest delegation of UN ambassadors that has ever marched through Auschwitz-Birkenau. We will never forget. We will never forgive.”

He also sent a message of defiance to Iran from the site of history’s greatest massacre of Jews.

“The regime in Iran openly declares that it wants to destroy the Jewish people,” he posted. “And ‘never again’ is now. We have a strong army and the ability to defend ourselves. We will not allow any murderous regime to threaten us.”

Danon took the U.N. envoys to the Gaza Envelope to the site of memorials for the slain victims of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

“We visited the memorial site for the Nova Music Festival, the Nahal Oz base, and Kibbutz Kfar Gaza,” he wrote on X.

“The ambassadors were exposed to the horrors of the October 7 [attack] and the stories of heroism of our people.”

The ambassador emphasized the importance of seeing the sights in person.

“Whoever hears these testimonies and looks the victims’ families in the eyes — cannot return to the diplomatic comfort zone,” he said. “One tour of the Gaza Envelope is worth more than a thousand discussions at the UN.”

Danon took the envoys to the Kerem Shalom crossing to see for themselves the efficient and massive flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

“Together with UN ambassadors, we visited the Kerem Shalom crossing today,” he posted. “For months, Israel has been accused of preventing in the inflow of humanitarian aid. Today, the ambassadors stood at the crossing, and witnessed the aid trucks that enter the Gaza Strip every day.”

Danon emphasized that as long as Hamas remained part of the equation, Gaza will never be able to move forward.

“I made it clear that as long as Hamas is in power, there will be no future of reconstruction in Gaza,” he said. “The international effort must focus on one thing: removing the terrorist organization Hamas from the equation.”

The visit reportedly represents Israel’s diplomatic effort to shift entrenched attitudes at the U.N., which, since the start of the war, has harshly condemned Israel at every turn and attempted to isolate Israel on the world stage.