The UN secretary-general has warned that the Gaza Strip is in the midst of an “epic humanitarian catastrophe”.
António Guterres told a meeting of the UN Security Council today that intense negotiations were taking place to prolong the current truce – but the UN believed in the need for a “true humanitarian ceasefire”.
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Guterres went on to add that the level of aid to Palestinians in Gaza remained “completely inadequate” to meet the huge needs of more than two million people.
He said children, pregnant women, older people and those with weakened immune systems were at greater risk – adding that 80% of Gaza’s people had been forced to leave their homes.
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