UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the Gaza Strip.
\n\u201cHere from this crossing, we see the heartbreak and heartlessness of it all. A long line of blocked relief trucks on one side of the gates, the long shadow of starvation on the other,\u201d Guterres told a news conference held on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
\n\u201cThat is more than tragic. It is a moral outrage,\u201d he added.
\nHe stressed: “It’s time for an ironclad commitment by Israel for total, unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza.\u201d
\n“It’s time to truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid. The choice is clear: either surge or starvation,” he said.
\nThe UN chief arrived earlier Saturday in the Egyptian city of El-Arish adjacent to the Gaza Strip where he visited Palestinian patients in the city’s hospital.
\nThis was Guterres\u2019 second visit to Egypt since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on Oct. 7.
\nOn Friday, the UN deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, announced the UN chief’s annual “solidarity trip” to Egypt and Jordan, marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
\nHaq noted that the UN chief would meet with humanitarian aid workers.
\nGuterres will have a Ramadan iftar dinner in Cairo with refugees from Sudan and also meet with Egyptian officials, he added.
\nHaq further mentioned that Guterres will visit the facilities of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) during his visit to Jordan.
\nIsrael has waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 cross-border attack led by Palestinian group Hamas in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed.
\nMore than 32,100 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed in Gaza, and over 74,400 others injured besides causing mass destruction, displacement, and shortage of necessities.
\nIsrael stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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