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UN chief blasts Ben Gvir’s ‘appalling’ call to kill 30-40 Gazans a day
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slams remarks by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir who suggested that Israel should kill “30 or 40” people every night in Gaza.
“These remarks are appalling. They’re outrageous. They’re dehumanizing, and they’re dangerous. And we condemn them unequivocally,” says Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
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