KUWAIT CITY:-UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged a right away halt to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the return of hostages and a “surge” in humanitarian help to the besieged Palestinian territory.
“I repeat my name, the world’s name for a right away humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional launch of all hostages and a right away surge in humanitarian help,” Guterres mentioned in a video tackle to a global donors’ convention in Kuwait.
“However a ceasefire will solely be the beginning. Will probably be a protracted highway again from the devastation and trauma of this warfare”, he added.
Israeli strikes on Gaza continued on Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah regardless of worldwide outcry over its army incursion into jap areas of town, successfully shutting a key help crossing.
“The warfare in Gaza is inflicting horrific human struggling, devastating lives, tearing households aside and rendering big numbers of individuals homeless, hungry and traumatised,” Guterres mentioned.
His remarks have been performed on the opening of the convention in Kuwait organised by the Worldwide Islamic Charitable Group (IICO) and the UN’s humanitarian coordination organisation OCHA.
On Friday, in Nairobi, the UN head warned Gaza confronted an “epic humanitarian catastrophe” if Israel launched a full-scale floor operation in Rafah.
Gaza’s bloodiest-ever warfare started following Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 assault on Israel that resulted within the deaths of greater than 1,170 folks, largely civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel launched a retaliatory offensive that has killed greater than 34,971 folks in Gaza, largely girls and kids, in accordance with the Hamas-run territory’s well being ministry.
“I repeat my name, the world’s name for a right away humanitarian ceasefire, the unconditional launch of all hostages and a right away surge in humanitarian help,” Guterres mentioned in a video tackle to a global donors’ convention in Kuwait.
“However a ceasefire will solely be the beginning. Will probably be a protracted highway again from the devastation and trauma of this warfare”, he added.
Israeli strikes on Gaza continued on Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah regardless of worldwide outcry over its army incursion into jap areas of town, successfully shutting a key help crossing.
“The warfare in Gaza is inflicting horrific human struggling, devastating lives, tearing households aside and rendering big numbers of individuals homeless, hungry and traumatised,” Guterres mentioned.
His remarks have been performed on the opening of the convention in Kuwait organised by the Worldwide Islamic Charitable Group (IICO) and the UN’s humanitarian coordination organisation OCHA.
On Friday, in Nairobi, the UN head warned Gaza confronted an “epic humanitarian catastrophe” if Israel launched a full-scale floor operation in Rafah.
Gaza’s bloodiest-ever warfare started following Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 assault on Israel that resulted within the deaths of greater than 1,170 folks, largely civilians, in accordance with an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel launched a retaliatory offensive that has killed greater than 34,971 folks in Gaza, largely girls and kids, in accordance with the Hamas-run territory’s well being ministry.
