The Israeli mission to the United Nations held an event honoring the “women who stepped forward when the world stood still” at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.

“On Oct. 7, not only was the cruelty of Hamas revealed to the world, but also the heroism of Israeli women,” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, said at the event.

“In the face of terror and murder, they stood up like lionesses,” he said. “They fought, saved and protected.”

“We carry their spirit with us. The women of Israel have proven that they will not be broken or silenced, and our message is clear: our people cannot be subdued,” Danon said.

Held a week before the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7, the event drew more than 700 people, including dozens of envoys to the United Nations, diploma

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