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'This must stop': UN Secretary-General calls for ceasefire
20 January 2024 17:36 GMT
Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the UN, again called for a ceasefire in a post to X, formerly known as Twitter.
"People in Gaza are dying not only from bombs and bullets, but from lack of food & clean water, and hospitals without power & medicine. This must stop. I will not relent in my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages," he said.
Earlier on Saturday the secretary-general spoke about Israel’s offensive at the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Uganda. During his comments he said Israel had killed 152 UN staff members in Gaza.