Guterres plans to reiterate his call for a humanitarian ceasefire, though renewed international pressure thus far failed to dissuade Israel from the planned ground offensive in Rafah.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to visit Egypt s border with Gaza on Saturday, after Israel said it would send in troops to fight Hamas in the nearby city of Rafah, even without US support.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to visit Egypt s border with Gaza on Saturday, following Israel s announcement that it would send troops to fight Hamas in Rafah, even without US support. Despite warnings that such an invasion would cause mass civilian casualties and worsen the humanitarian crisis, Israel s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he must press ahead with the attack.
UN chief Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of Gaza Saturday, appealed for a ceasefire to allow in more aid, saying the world has "seen enough" horrors in the Israel-Hamas war.As Israeli forces pressed on with a multi-day raid on the territory's biggest hospital, Palestinian officials reported 19 deaths at an aid distribution point on the outskirts of Gaza City.Gaza's Hamas authorities said at least 19 people were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli "tank fire and shells" as they were waiting for desperately needed supplies.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with lifesaving aid," calling the starvation inside the enclave a “moral outrage.” He urged an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Guterres spoke on the Egyptian side of the border not far from the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israel plans to launch a ground assault despite widespread warnings of a potential catastrophe. More than half of Gaza's population has taken refuge there.