THE United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is time to “truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid”, calling the…
THE United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is time to “truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid”, calling the starvation inside Gaza a “moral outrage”.He spoke on the Egyptian side of the border not far from the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israel plans to launch a ground assault despite widespread warnings of a potential disaster.
He added: “It is time for an ironclad commitment by Israel for total … access for humanitarian goods to Gaza, and in the Ramadan spirit of compassion, it is also time for the immediate release of all hostages.” That marked a shift in the position for the United States, whose officials have concluded there is no credible way for getting sheltering civilians out of harm’s way.
Gaza’s health ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but has said women and children make up the majority of the dead. Israel blames Hamas for civilian deaths and accuses it of operating within residential areas.Israel’s military said it had killed more than 170 militants in Shifa hospital since the start of their raid five days ago.Gaza’s health ministry said the raid on the hospital complex had torched its departments treating patients with vascular disease.
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