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UN chief in Rafah crossing says world 'seen enough' of Gaza war

António Guterres visits Egyptian side of crossing into Gaza and stresses amount of humanitarian aid entering the Strip must be increased to avoid hunger
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited the Rafah border crossing on Saturday afternoon, on the Egyptian side of the border between Egypt and Gaza, where he renewed his call for a cease-fire in the war and urged to increase the pace of humanitarian aid entry into the Strip.
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"I have come to the Rafah crossing to spotlight the hardship and pain of Palestinians in Gaza," Guterres said at the Rafah crossing. "Palestinians in Gaza remain stuck in a non-stop nightmare. I carry the voices of the vast majority of the world who have seen enough. I mourn the communities obliterated, homes demolished, and the families and generations wiped out. Now more than ever it is time for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire."
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מזכ"ל האו"ם גוטרש במעבר רפיח
מזכ"ל האו"ם גוטרש במעבר רפיח
António Guterres at the Rafah crossing
(Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Guterres addressed the issue of humanitarian aid coming to Gaza from Egypt, saying, "Aid trucks stuck at the border is a moral outrage. Israel must allow unrestricted access to humanitarian aid throughout Gaza." According to him, "We will continue to work with Egypt to streamline the flow of aid. The choice for Gaza is clear — either increased aid or hunger."
Guterres landed at El-Arish International Airport in northern Sinai, where most of the international aid sent for Gaza residents is stored. He arrived at Rafah Crossing against the backdrop of Israeli statements about an imminent operation in the southernmost city in the Strip, alongside growing international pressure against it. Later, he returned to El-Arish, saying "An international consensus says an operation in Rafah will cause a humanitarian disaster."
According to him, UNRWA is the "backbone" for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza —despite accusations of its cooperation with Hamas made by Israel. He emphasized that UN employees who participated in the October 7 massacre were dismissed, and the accusations against them are under investigation.
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מזכ"ל האו"ם גוטרש נוחת במצרים
António Guterres landing in Egypt
(Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded to Guterres's words, saying that Guterres "stood on the Egyptian side of Rafah Crossing and blamed Israel for the humanitarian situation in Gaza —without condemning in any way the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, who loot humanitarian aid.”
“He also failed to condemn UNRWA, which collaborates with terrorists and didn’t call for the immediate and unconditional release of all Israeli hostages. Under his leadership, the UN has become an antisemitic and anti-Israeli body that protects and bolsters terrorism."
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Ezekial
Everybody is tired of hearing Guterres banal pronouncements. He does not make any useful contribution to any debate or issue.He has become a superfluous individual and he should stay in his UN office binging and getting fatter. It looks like he thinks that anybody slimmer than him in Gaza is suffering from malnutrition.If he really cared he should donate some of his meals to the suffering people of Sudan.
Enough of Guterres| 03.24.24
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Sudan, Nigeria, Gaza, the UN and Biden.
The UN and the Biden administration seem to be ignoring the genuine genocides going on in Sudan and Nigeria. Perhaps in the case of Sudan a parallel can be drawn to Chicago. Leftists in developed nations, such as the US, could care less about black people killing one another. However, the killing in Nigeria happens to be muslims slaying christians. Wherever that scenario takes place on earth it is of no concern to the world leftist elite. But Hebrew Israel defending itself against muslim terrorists as well as the temerity to win a war hamas so brutally provoked? Unthinkable to first world leftists.
Byron Hornwinkle| 03.24.24
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My God, he's working for Hamas!
Robin Ben-Chaim| 03.24.24
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