Antonio Guterres says he made a very strong appeal to Israel and Hamas to go an extra mile to materialize an agreement, adding this is an opportunity that cannot be missed
The Final Report, led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, was due to be released later on Monday; Colonna was also preparing to speak to journalists at a scheduled noon briefing in New York as Chair of the Independent Review Group on UNRWA.
Marking six months of war since the “abhorrent” Hamas-led terror attacks of Oct. 7, António Guterres told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York that nothing could justify the horror unleashed by Palestinian militants that day.
In a tradition that started when he served as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to shine a light on Muslim communities in distress, Guterres arrived in Cairo on Saturday, where he reiterated his urgent calls for a humanitarian ceasefire and the cessation of violence, notably in Gaza and Sudan.