António Guterres, the UN
Secretary-General, on Wednesday declared that the de-escalation of the
Israel-Palestine conflict was “an absolute must”, insisting that the mounting
death toll, including children, is totally unacceptable.
Guterres disclosed this after
meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow.
He explained that an end to the
violence was needed “to protect the lives of civilians that are now dying in
totally unacceptable circumstances.”
According to news reports, the violence
between both countries has seen over 50 Palestinians killed along with 6
Israelis since Monday.
Meanwhile, Stéphane Dujarric, the
UN Spokesperson briefed journalists in New York at the regular noon press
conference on the update given by Tor Wennesland to the Council, which met
behind closed doors.
Dujarric said, “We’re very
concerned by the growing civilian casualties in both Gaza and Israel, and
deeply saddened by reported deaths of children in Gaza.”
Dujarric said that both the
Secretary-General and Wennesland had both reiterated that “Hamas and other
militants’ indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars violated the
humanitarian law.
“They’ve emphasised that
indiscriminate launching of rockets from highly populated civilian
neighbourhoods towards civilian population centres violated international
humanitarian law, and it’s unacceptable and has to stop immediately.”
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