Opening the UN General Assembly earlier today, UN Secretary General António Guterres denounced Israel for its policies in Gaza.
“In Gaza, the horrors are approaching a third monstrous year,” he said. “They are the result of decisions that defy basic humanity, he went on, citing “a scale of death and destruction beyond any other conflict” in his years as secretary-general.
Guterres reiterated his condemnation of the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, and the taking of hostages, but declared that “nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and the systematic destruction of Gaza.”
Guterres called for the full and immediate implementation of the International Court of Justice measures, a permanent ceasefire, the release of all hostages and humanitarian access. “And we must not relent in the only viable answer to sustainable Middle East peace: a two-state solution,” he stated.
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