The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has pleaded for “humanitarian ceasefire” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, demanding global support to end the “godawful nightmare”.
Guterres noted this on Saturday, October 21, while addressing a peace summit in Cairo as the war raged into its third week.
According to the UN chief, the tiny Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million people was living through “a humanitarian catastrophe” with thousands dead and more than a million people displaced.
The Secretary Remarks came hours after a first contingent of aid trucks rumbled into southern Gaza, which Guterres said needed to be rapidly scaled up, with “much more” help sent through.
He said Palestinians need “a continuous delivery of aid to Gaza at the scale that is needed”, he told the Cairo “Summit for Peace” which was attended by many Arab leaders.
The war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023 when Hamas militants stormed across the Gaza border into Israel, launching an attack that has killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians.
Israel has hit back with a relentless bombing campaign, killing more than 4,100 Palestinians, mainly civilians, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.
AFP
