TEHRAN (Iran News) –UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that an all-out Israeli offensive in Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are sheltering, would put an end to the UN assistance programs in Gaza.
“Rafah is the core of the humanitarian aid operation, and UNRWA is the backbone of that effort,” Guterres told the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
“An all-out Israeli offensive on the city would not only be terrifying for more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there; it would put the final nail in the coffin of our aid programs.”
I repeat my call for a humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages,” he urged.
“We cannot, we must not, become numb to appalling and repeated violations of international humanitarian and human rights law,” Guterres continued.
He stated that the Summit of the Future – where the new agenda for peace is to be discussed – in September is the opportunity for such a recommitment.
The agenda applies a human rights lens to preventing and ending violence in all its forms, according to the secretary-general.
- source : IFP
