CAIRO— On Saturday, UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres reiterated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and
for aid to be allowed to enter, describing the famine in the strip as a 'moral
outrage,' Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
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During a press statement at the Rafah border
crossing from the Egyptian side, which borders Gaza, he emphasized that his
visit aimed to shed light on the difficulties faced by Palestinians in Gaza,
stating, “From this crossing, we see the heartbreak and heartlessness of it
all: a long line of blocked red relief trucks on one side of the gates, the
long shadow of starvation on the other. That is more than tragic — it is a
moral outrage.”
Guterres highlighted that the children and
women of Gaza were living in an endless nightmare, with hunger and disease
plaguing them. He explained that communities had been erased, homes demolished,
and entire families and generations wiped out, with hunger and famine haunting
the population.
He called on Israel to allow the entry of
humanitarian goods to all parts of Gaza without restriction, affirming that any
Israeli expansion in attacks would bring about a real catastrophe.
Meetings
with Palestinian families
Guterres met with UN humanitarian workers at
the Rafah crossing, after visiting El-Arish General Hospital, where he
reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan
for humanitarian reasons.
He also met with Palestinian casualties of the
war in Gaza, including women and children, who were received by Egypt for
medical treatment, pointing out that he was deeply moved by their stories,
experiences, and the hardships they had endured.
The visit comes as part of his annual
solidarity trip during Ramadan, which comes this year in a turbulent period
with Israel’s war on Gaza.
Notably, UN Secretary-General spokesperson
Farhan Haq said that Guterres, who previously visited Rafah in October, ‘will
reiterate his calls for a humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza and also in Sudan
during his visit.
Guterres is expected to meet with Egyptian
officials in Cairo and have iftar with Sudanese refugees who fled their country
torn apart by the ongoing war for nearly a year.
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