Gaza is becoming a ‘graveyard for children,urges ceasefire,Antonio Guterres

United Nation(Web Desk) :UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday that the bombed-out Gaza Strip was becoming a “graveyard for children” and called for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“The unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent by the minute,” he told reporters at UN headquarters in New York. “Parties to the conflict, and indeed the international community, face an urgent and fundamental responsibility to end this inhumane collective suffering and to dramatically scale up humanitarian assistance to Gaza,” he said. Stated. “The Gaza nightmare is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a human crisis.”
Hamas militants entered Israel from Gaza on October 7, killing about 1,400 people, most of them civilians, in attacks on homes and people reveling at music festivals. Israeli retaliatory attacks have killed 10,222 people in the densely populated and besieged Gaza Strip, including more than 4,000 children, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry.
Mr. Guterres also deplored the killing of members of the media. At least 36 journalists and media workers were killed, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. “The number of journalists killed in four weeks is reportedly higher than in any conflict in at least the last 30 years,” Guterres said, adding that 89 UN staff were also killed.
Guterres formally launched a recently announced $1.2 billion UN humanitarian appeal to help the 2.7 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and parts of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Aid trucks are entering Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, but levels remain well below pre-October 7 levels as Israel says it needs time to conduct safety checks on vehicles. . One of the limitations is that you don’t bring fuel.
“Without fuel, newborns in incubators and patients on life support will die,” Guterres said. “The way forward is clear: a humanitarian ceasefire now.” “All parties respect all obligations under international humanitarian law,” he said.
Guterres reiterated his concern about the “clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing.” “Let me be clear: parties to an armed conflict are not above international humanitarian law,” he said. Guterres did not mention Israel by name on Monday. He alleges violations of humanitarian law at the Security Council on October 24, infuriating the country’s leadership, saying Hamas attacks “did not occur in a vacuum,” and Israeli officials saying their bosses had committed violence. He urged the United Nations to report that this was justified.
Guterres denied his intentions and on Monday renewed his condemnation of “Hamas’ heinous acts of terrorism” and called on the Islamic extremists to release the hostages.