UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slams the international community for turning a blind eye to the suffering of Palestinians starving in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience.”
“I cannot explain the level of indifference and inaction we see by too many in the international community — the lack of compassion, the lack of truth, the lack of humanity,” Guterres tells Amnesty International’s global assembly via videolink.
“This is not just a humanitarian crisis. It is a moral crisis that challenges the global conscience. We will continue to speak out at every opportunity,” he adds.
Guterres says that while he has repeatedly condemned the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on southern Israel, which triggered the war in the Palestinian territory, “nothing can justify the explosion of death and destruction since.”
“The scale and scope are beyond anything we have seen in recent times,” he alleges.
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