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UN chief says Israeli plans to take control of Gaza City ‘dangerous escalation’
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) arrives for a second day of a United Nations conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, at UN headquarters on July 29, 2025, in New York City. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that Israel’s Gaza control plan was a “dangerous escalation” that risked worsening conditions for ordinary Palestinians, his spokesperson says.
“The Secretary-General is gravely alarmed by the decision of the Israeli Government to ‘take control of Gaza City’. This decision marks a dangerous escalation and risks deepening the already catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians,” Guterres’s spokesperson says in a statement.
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