President Reuven Rivlin raised the matter with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday in New York and with US President Joe Biden on Monday in Washington.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett raised the matter during his first phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi since taking office earlier this month.
Egypt and the United Nations are attempting to broker a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The UN is the primary institution tasked with organizing humanitarian aid to Gaza, and it is also working on a mechanism to allow for aid to be sent to Gaza that would prevent Hamas from diverting material and funds to constructing weapons.
“We are interested in continuing to work with the UN to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza, with whom we have no conflict,” Rivlin told Guterres.
“However, any agreement should include steps to return our soldiers and citizens, who are held by Hamas, a terrorist organization,” he added.
