Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Humanitarian pause in Gaza Strip not solution: Guterres

Humanitarian pause in Gaza Strip not solution: Guterres

TEHRAN, (MNA) – The humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip is not a solution, and the United Nations continues to insist on a ceasefire and immediate release of all prisoners, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

"The truce was a step in the right direction, it was a symbol of hope, but it doesn't solve the key problems we face," the UN chief said at a joint conference with Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.

That is why we have been insisting on the need for a humanitarian ceasefire, leading to the unconditional and immediate release of all prisoners and to the possibility of having effective humanitarian aid to all people in Gaza wherever they live, TASS quoted Guterres as stating.

The Israeli regime launched the war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas waged the surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity in response to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians.

According to the Gaza-based health ministry, so far over 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes, most of them women and children.

Tel Aviv has also imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza, cutting off fuel, electricity, food, and water to the more than two million Palestinians living there.

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