UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was "appalled" by conflict continuing in Gaza despite the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Speaking after the failure of attempts to negotiate a ceasefire, Guterres called for "silencing the guns" in Gaza and warned that "hunger and malnutrition" are taking hold.
"This is heartbreaking and utterly unacceptable," Guterres told reporters.
"I am appalled and outraged that conflict is continuing in Gaza during this holy month," he said, adding that "all obstacles" to aid delivery should be removed.
The United Nations says that lack of humanitarian aid means famine is a growing risk in Gaza, where 2.4 million people are under near-total siege by the Israeli military, as it battles Hamas militants.
"We cannot look away. We must act to avoid more preventable deaths," Guterres said.
"We have witnessed month after month of civilian killing and destruction at a level that is unprecedented in all my years as Secretary-General," he said.
But aid "is coming in trickles – if it comes at all. International humanitarian law lies in tatters."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that despite the start of the holy month of Ramadan, killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in the Gaza Strip.
Guterres warned, in a press conference, that “the threat of an attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip may push the people of Gaza to new depths in hell.”
He urged action to avoid more “preventable” deaths in Gaza.
He stressed that “despite the month of Ramadan, killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in Gaza.”
Guterres said: “My strongest call today is to silence the weapons in Gaza and Sudan “out of respect for the spirit of the holy month of Ramadan.”
He also called for removing “all obstacles to ensure the rapid and widespread delivery of life-saving aid.”
He also called for the “immediate release of all hostages” held by Hamas.
Regarding life-saving aid, Guterres said that it “comes in drops, if it arrives at all.”
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip that has left tens of thousands of civilian victims, most of them children and women, in addition to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and massive destruction of infrastructure, which led to Tel Aviv being brought before the International Court of Justice on charges of “genocide.” Collective.”
The Secretary-General of the United Nations also touched on the situation in Sudan, reiterating his call for “a cessation of hostilities during the month of Ramadan.”
“The fighting there must end for the sake of the Sudanese people who face hunger, horrors and untold hardships,” he said.
He stressed that “the time has come for peace” in Gaza, Sudan and beyond.
Guterres concluded his speech by saying: “We have witnessed, month after month, the killing and destruction of civilians at an unprecedented level throughout the years I spent as Secretary-General of the United Nations.”
Israeli Minister of Defense wished Muslims of Gaza a Ramadan Kareem
Meanwhile, Galant, the Israeli Minister of Defense wished Muslims
of Gaza a Ramadan Kareem. Of note, the same official ordered food, water,
electricity, gas cut off.
Ramadan Mubarak to you; blessed is the cherished month.
Every year and you are well. May God bring it back to you with good and prosperity.
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