The Secretary -General: There is no more recently for death and destruction in Gaza, and Israel must stop settlement

Secretary -General Antonio Guterres was talking to journalists outside the UN Security Council hall prior to his participation in the council meeting, which was scheduled to be pre -scheduled in Haiti.

The Secretary -General stressed the need not to use the starvation of civilians as a means of war, and to ensure the protection of civilians and allow humanitarian aid. He added: “There is no room for more excuses, obstacles, or lies.”

Guterres said that civilians in Gaza are facing another deadly escalation. He stated that the preliminary steps taken by Israel to complete military control of Gaza City indicate a new and dangerous stage. He talked about the devastating consequences for expanding military operations in Gaza City, and having hundreds of thousands of civilians – the exhausted and shocked – to flee again.

He touched on the repeated Israeli bombing, including Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis early week. He said: “Another attack, killing civilians, including medical workers and journalists who do their primary work. All this is under the world’s eyes.”

The Secretary -General said that these attacks are part of an endless record, and stressed the need to achieve accountability.

He stressed the need to release the hostages held by Hamas and other groups, and stop the brutal treatment they are exposed to.

The Secretary -General stressed the need to protect civilians. He said: “Let’s be clear: The levels of death and destruction in Gaza are unparalleled in modern times.”

International Court of Justice measures

Antonio Guterres said the famine is no longer an imminent possibility in Gaza, but rather a catastrophe that has already occurred. He added: “Israel, as the occupying force, must have clear obligations. It loves to ensure the provision of food, water, medicine and other basics. It must agree on and facilitate human access more. It must protect civilians and civil infrastructure. It must end the destruction of what is necessary to survive for the civilian population.”

The Secretary -General said that International Justice Court It has issued temporary binding measures, including a commitment to take all steps to ensure the arrival of humanitarian and medical aid without obstacle to all Palestinians throughout Gaza, without delay and in full cooperation with the United Nations.

He stressed the necessity of applying these measures completely and immediately.

An existential threat to a two -state solution

The Secretary -General of the United Nations expressed great concern about the situation in the occupied West Bank. He said that military operations, settler violence, demolition and discriminatory policies lead to displacement and depth of weaknesses.

He added that the continuous expansion of the settlements tears the communities and cuts the ways to reach vital resources. He stated that the recent approval of the plan to build thousands of settlement units in the E -E1 region will actually separate between the northern and southern West Bank, which constitutes an existential threat to a two -state solution.

He reiterated that the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, were established and were kept in a violation of international law. He said that Israel should stop such actions and comply with its obligations.

There is no military solution to the conflict

The Secretary -General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres confirmed that there is no military solution to the conflict.

And renewed, Guterres appealed to the immediate and permanent endowment of fire, uncompromising humanitarian arrival throughout the Gaza Strip, and immediate release and without conditions for all hostages.