Middle East crisis: Guterres appeals for end to 'vicious cycle of bloodshed, hatred and polarization'

Middle East crisis: Guterres appeals for end to ‘vicious cycle of bloodshed, hatred and polarization’

António Guterres was speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York following  meeting with senior UN leaders on what he called the “unprecedented developments” in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.  “Let me begin by repeating my utter condemnation of the abhorrent attacks by Hamas and others against Israeli towns and villages in the…

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World News in Brief: Displacement in Gaza and Israel, Afghan earthquake response

World News in Brief: Displacement in Gaza and Israel, Afghan earthquake response

Over 120,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza due to concerns over their protection and the destruction of homes, said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, speaking in New York. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, is sheltering roughly 137,000 people in 83 of its schools across the Gaza Strip. Six health…

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