AhlulBayt News Agency: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned “the coming days are critical” for maintaining the ceasefire in Gaza and urged all parties to uphold their commitments.
“Next Tuesday, I will be in Cairo to join the extraordinary summit of the League of Arab States to discuss the reconstruction of Gaza,” Guterres said in a news conference at UN headquarters in New York.
Guterres described the situation in Gaza as “a nexus of death, displacement, hunger and disease”, warning the risk of further destruction remains high. He urged all parties to maintain the ongoing truce and captive release deal.
He insisted on the need to prevent any form of ethnic cleansing, ensuring no long-term Israeli military presence in Gaza, addressing Israel’s accountability for violations of international law.
“And it means Gaza remaining an integral part of an independent, democratic and sovereign Palestinian State, with no reductions in its territory or forced transfer of its population,” he added.
Guterres also stressed the need to “avoid a breakdown of the deal”, urging both sides “to uphold their commitments and implement all of them in full”.
“Each moment the ceasefire holds means more people reached and more lives saved,” he said.
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