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UN chief condemns ‘broadening Mideast conflict’ without mentioning Iran

By Jacob Magid 1 October 2024, 9:49 pm
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gives a press conference on the sidelines of the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi on May 10, 2024. (Tony Karumba/AFP)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gives a press conference on the sidelines of the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi on May 10, 2024. (Tony Karumba/AFP)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issues a statement condemning the “broadening of the Middle East conflict” that makes no mention of Iran, which launched 181 ballistic missiles at Israel earlier tonight.

“This must stop. We absolutely need a ceasefire,” Guterres says.

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