UN Secretary-General calls for the Gaza ceasefire to become permanent

 

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the Gaza ceasefire to become permanent, warning that three years after the October 7th Hamas attacks, Israelis and Palestinians continued to live with the consequences of the conflict. In a statement issued a day before the sombre anniversary, Guterres reiterated his abhorrence of the killing of more than 1,200 people in Israel and the taking of 251 hostages, while saying the devastating hostilities that followed inflicted untold suffering on Palestinians in Gaza. He warned that last year's ceasefire had still not delivered sufficient humanitarian aid, security or a credible path to peace. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports from New York...