International Desk: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the Palestinian territory is now becoming a graveyard for children due to Israel’s indiscriminate airstrikes in besieged Gaza.
He said that hundreds of boys and girls are dying in Gaza every day. The violation of international human rights law is clear news from Reuters and the BBC.
Guterres said that the security of civilians should be the first priority in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
He remarked that with every passing hour, the ‘humanitarian ceasefire’ is becoming more urgent.
Earlier, the United Nations agencies also called the killing of civilians in Gaza “horrific” in a joint statement.
About 200 people were killed in Gaza by the heavy bombardment of the Israeli military overnight Sunday, the director of the Al Shifa hospital there told reporters.
Israel’s military says its troops have taken control of an outpost of the Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza.
A group of UN humanitarian agencies said the indiscriminate killing of civilians in Gaza was a crime. Thousands of children are believed to be among the dead in Gaza.
Israel’s retaliatory attacks in Gaza have been ongoing since the surprise attack by Hamas that entered Israel on October 7. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has promised to eliminate Hamas in Gaza in this war. The death toll in Gaza continues to rise due to Israel’s continued attacks.
While talking to the media on Monday, UN Secretary General Guterres also expressed the fear of the conflict spreading throughout the world due to the Gaza-Israel war.
